When it hurts
Liquid words
Drip on pages
Wet and staining
Sweat or tears
Ink or blood
Falling, raining
I smile
Close my eyes
Imagine
See me feigning
Pretend grin
Locks up the
Heart containing
A brightness
Turned dark
Lost to night
Dulling, waning
Faking cheer
Hoping fear
Is not training
To conceal
Bygone love
Disappears
Downward draining
Evermore
Until I
Die regaining
This loveless
Ghost forgot
By the clock
Ticking, straining
Wanting more
For longer
Still campaigning
Time away
Here at hand
End of us
No explaining
Why good-bye
Left me with
Naught remaining
From my heart.
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Rhyme & Reason - Poetry
PoesieTwenty poems you won't want to miss. "I wrote a book of rhyme and reason, of simple words for time and season." A best-of compilation, containing selected entries from my previous works: Poems of the Left Hand, Spring and Light, and Ecru Skies. Also...
