Empty words drift through the atmosphere Spilling their rhetoric on longing hearts Hope turns to crippling agony as Truth reveals itself Like shards of broken glass penetrating their target Words with no heart wounding as no weapon can Familiar dance, familiar ending Only a fool dares dance again Though a brave soul Hope is Unbreakable Read More
Unspoken words reverberate Ricocheting in the darkness Ping. Ping. Ping. Silently bouncing, maddening echo Real thoughts that shan’t escape Swirl. Swirl. Twirl. Round and round they race Furiously building crescendo Tsunami detonates Staggering forth Limp. Weak. Grasping for peace, silently slips away Read More
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
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
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
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
