Love
I saw you the other night.
Your smell, your smile, your soft worm voice.
I struggled to hold on to your angelic image.
In my everyday grind.
Your image overshadows me.
I fight to unleash myself,
shackled by memories of your unconditional love.
My heart is full of lessons, of selflessness, and love.
Now broken and scabbed over with pain and bitterness.
I seek your approval through lost promises, and faded dream.
With every successful moment I hark for your praise.
With every missed step I heed your words.
Even though she comforts me with a love unmeasured by Life’s breath taking moment.
I hold onto you like the closed fist of a sleeping child.
Tomorrow I will awake with the force of storming winds.
Like a failed addict seeking her love like my next fix.
My heart has lost, has loved, has Lived, and for evermore will give.
(2013)
