Heavy rain
in my soul
Heavy grays
as if I toil
underground
in a mine
with weeping walls
dark with grime
Blue skies
Autumn golds
Vivid honeys
I behold
with my eyes
But inside
dark gray skies
Your touch is warm
But I am numb
tired
weary
I've become
dark and gray
Heavy rain
in my soul
I despair
can't believe
we'll make it through
you and me
as a couple
as a pair
Heavy grays
everywhere
not honeyed golds
Is it old grief
welling through
bruising the day
me and you?
Or is it the truth? -
there won't be
a couple
made of
you and me?
For now
despair
blue skies
your warm touch
barely touching
the rock of fear
the wall of chill
as I plod onward
led by my will
but I long for
a nest
a rest
a love that fills
stills
the cold gray rain
in my soul
Elsa
October 19, 1996
© copyright Elsa Schieder, 1996, 2024, all rights reserved
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