Rainswept
I stand alone in darkness
Letting the soft erosion of a million tears
Wash over me
Remembering the ones who no longer live
Feeling the gentle tug
Of the fallen
Unlived dreams
Love unlived
Dissolution of so many hopes
Laid low
Face to the wind
I am scoured by cold droplets
Machine gunning out of headstrong clouds
Swirls of memory dance, beguiling and bittersweet
My skin is taut
Thin enough to burst if I allow the depths of my emotion
Free rein
So I restrain the mad sadness
Tamp it down like a musketball of old
Let the memories fade
Declare an end to remembrance
Sign an armistice within my feuding thoughts
Rapprochement
As tears mingle with broken heart blood
Washed away into the night
David Trudel © 2012
