In The Shadows

It's the whisper you aren't sure you heard in the quiet, steady undertone of one note, your solo. The one only we can hear, so low, like a moan. Words run parallel, filled with the dreams of the heart and visions of  love, life and beauty.  And me, playing for you a sweet melody divine. Sweet melody that is mine. Whisper in quiet undertones of one soft kiss. 

You know we will never be the same.

Here

In The Shadows

It's in the shadows, whispering, eloquent

Rasping shallow devout
Murky tender won
Harder than quarry stone
Relinquish illusion's elusive control
Deftly defiant
Worn and confused
I was thinking of you too
Battered by time
Lives redefined
So little left
I've fallen way behind

Her faith is in exploration
Expressions of self - found
Growing into the power of herself
A woman become
Tears filling her eyes
Tender in love defined by compassion
Feeling what he cannot feel himself - lonely
Alone in his darkened room - the room in his mind
How can she close the door
Walk away once more?
Freedom is a prison filled with doubt
She's leaving him behind - misgiving

Alone Separate Together
It's all the same
It's all jumbled up
Parts compounded

Here in the shadows, whispering, eloquent, rasping, shallow, divine.

Exhalation

(heavy sigh)

Exhalation

Surrender

It's so hard to 

LET GO

s u r r e n d e r

when you've been holding on

so tightly

for so long

as if for your life

as if for your love

as if for your dreams

one more

Exhalation

Surrender

s u r r e n d e r

to the beginning of

What Comes Next

in the unknowing

in the unfolding

in the alternate life 

with the other dreams

you didn't know you were dreaming

because you were holding your breath

holding on too tightly

for much too long

to a worn out life left behind

to a love that was a love come undone

to all the broken dreams that were bleeding

to the spirit of a heart beseeching

exhalation

surrender

s u r r e n d e r

falling failing flying

being breathing bequeathing

lift drop crash

become

exhalation