Emotion

A Room

A roomA crowdA silencePossesses meAlone I sitBut surroundedEncased in humanityAnd I am afraidOf what?

I scream as the darkness unhinges mePetrifies meStupefies meTo the love and the beauty I lackI cry as the blackness

When I am here no longerGrieve not for I am nothingBut if a memory of me comes unbiddenHaste you to

I came to you in despairAnd you gave me rest.I came to you in darknessAnd you were my guide.For so

Winter storm blowingLone leaf on branch fallingBuffeted by the breezeEarthward boundTo rest

What about meLiving just to see What they want me to be?No job, no wife, no carNo life to live

And last nightAs you layOn my sofaCurled upFetal-likeInnocentLike a babyI wantedTo tell youHow I feelBut I did notI left youUndisturbedAs

In the still of daylight dawningI waitMy presenceUnbiddenBy those I seekHere I standAs the sun slowly risesFrom its nocturnal slumbersYet

The shadows that we castOn lifeAre transient fleetingGhosts of what might have beenAnd then they changeTo what we have becomeThe