The black rotting gaping cavity
That yawned open in my heart
Spewed its venom through my veins
Filled my blood with dark pain
Aching in my fingertips
Blurring my brain's attempt to make peace
Leaving me a shell of what I was
Racking me with anger, tears, fear, clutching, grasping, gasping, sobbing
Swirling like a witches brew
Poisoning my breath
Withering my spirit
It took me
It broke me
I lost me
I feel it flowing out of me
Through the tip of my pen
My soul starts to tingle back to life
I hear you laughing
I put you everywhere you belong
Healing the raw open sores
That blighted the places where I loved you
It escapes through my tears
Trickles from my eyes, black and sour
It flows from my every footfall as I determinedly crunch through
the February snow
Your words, your faith in me
Your smile
Replaces the pain
The memories wash over me
Rinsing, cleansing, mending
I use them to plug the holes
Recirculate them to reinforce my strength
Pushing out the black
Inviting in the light
The world is so much worse
Without you here
But I know you can't come back
So I'll keep sending the pain out
And letting the good in
For you.
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