A fragile child with bruised wings
you found refuge in the caverns
of my troubled mind.
I kissed your broken hopes I warmed you with gasping breath
and prayed to the gods
that you would never leave me. You dazzled me
with a splash of bright colours then tried to shock me
and demanded my response. A coupling of minds, we fed
each other's need for loneliness.
At ease —we both knew
we were never destined to be lovers—
we revelled in the sin of happiness.
I was terrified.
Strike out first, push the button,
wreck, destroy.
Banish this deceptive dream.
I plunged into that pit and painted all thoughts of us on the walls in black.
How I miss your song.
Your face is now a prisoner
trapped in a hopeless screen.
I wonder, did I ever really
know you or was I just
a stranger in your brilliant life.
I put my head above the parapet and look at your happy world.
I speak to you but you stay silent
and I sink back into my lonely life.
Part of the mosaics cycle of poems
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