"Just I", "Tenderness", "Pale", "Your Sorrow", "Coldest Night", Five Poems of a Soul's Journey-Mine

"Just I"If anything has sustainedI sift through scattered remains
it is my memory of dreamstender hearts
that were not rescued.memories
Dreams I held for you.If worlds can fall apartbreathing
then so can I.I hear distant laughtereyes of laughter
in each and every signturned
For I have resigned myselfpale.______________________"Your
to let the vision step by.And nowSorrow"For all this time
unnoticedwill it suffice
but still expressedthe mud on the ice
by sighs.If small things seem neglectedcovering whatever tunnels are left
by passers byto hide in?
closed boxesYou're weaker than I thought.
with assorted ribbonsYour thoughts enclosed me
no one will ever know'til I finally noticed
not even youthe shade of your sorrow.
just I.-----------------------"Tenderness"Is there rainAhhh
for flowersin your tenderness?it is only mud on the
Are there little boats to floatin my pond?ice.--------------------------------------"Coldest Night"He
And water to trickle through little drawn linessaid it was an instinct
on the sidewalk?the mirror on his face
The heat beats on my heavy on my backand then he led me through hallways
and turns my disconnected mutteringsof children
into worlds outside my spaces.misplaced.
I only wish that youTake your pick
could imagine themof any that you see
too.-----------------------------------------------"Pale"WhenThey're all here on display.
did your laughter become so vacant?Then seething through a noose
When did your eyes turn so pale?he held up to my eyes
When did your breathing cease to mingle withmy mind he held in place
mine?and he said
Little capsules of memories......are you surprised?
I open and pour them out