And I knew
There would never be
Love in her eyes
If she looked at me again
No trust
No love
No trust
No love
l saw you like that
From time to time
Brow drawn down
Eyes narrow
Squinting
Arms crossed tightly
Interlocked
A ward
A shield
A wall
A fortress
Myself
Left so much behind
In faded memories
Lost to time
Distraction
And repression
Insights and memories and loved ones come
But cannot fill the emptiness
A loss of self
Nearly as profound
As the loss of another
Reflecting on
The inmate’s time here
Brings me sadness
Compassion at the core
The heart glows orange
Embers fuel passion’s fire
But they’ve all touched me
I would not be who I am
Without their influence
Continued from Enveloped.
Impatiently.
A mother knows these things.
And daughters always think they know better,
When they hardly know themselves.
I love the man.
She never understood that.
He is derisive,
Angers easily.