Empty Nest

Where laughter once sounded silence now lingers Where smiles brightened the day, bare walls remain Where slamming doors once rang their greeting, door knobs languish untouched Where warm hugs once brought comfort, loneliness isolates Where a Mother’s hand once labored, no child remains Where contentment once lived, uncertainty now visits Where purpose once breathed, questions prevail Read More

Broken

Strength wanes, resolve fades Hope extinguished Emptiness swims behind haunted eyes Fighter instincts make hasty retreat Beaten.  Weary.  Lost. Failure, once held at bay now leaves destructive carnage Searches for meaning, discovers blank pages Comfort; no words can bring Barbed wire, broken glass, hazardous trail Darkened sky; no navigational compass, no stars for light Forward Read More

Turmoil

Silence explodes, deafening in it’s eerie quiet Invisible shackles bind her to this place Coyly taunting, Freedom taps at the windowpane Writhing, twisting, she struggles to break the bonds Strong. Determined. Vice-like. They hold. Spent, she crumbles, still bound, no escape Precious sleep brings momentary respite She awakens to hope, but it is fleeting Heavy Read More

The Accident

Fragmented glass explodes, deformed metal littering road Eerie silence envelopes scene Mangled metal traps broken bodies within Three moving. One still. Death hovers, eager to terminate life Bones once dense, durable, now fragmented, frail Crimson blood oozes. Saturating. Pooling. Drying. Eyes open, familiar screams register, panic suffocates Hands reach, seeking solace to bring, no resting Read More

Recuperation’s Snare

Harshly awakened by agony’s barbed stab She searches for acquittal Inaudible sobs convulse her reconstructed frame A voiceless witness to jagged pain Her anguish cloaked in darkness Obscurely illuminated by moon’s soft ray Terrorizing thoughts freely roam Moist droplets soak colored cloth Writhing. Squirming. Entangled. Captive. Turmoil her nightly companion Serenity, Serenity enters the room Read More