~did you~



...you didn't, did you?
mean to hurt me so,
to crush my dreams beneath
any meaning, unworthy of
this world seeming?

...I've never intentionally broken
another's Soul, or Dreams
nor scattered to dust...
the very breath that exacts the toll
and turns the sea to rust.

...yes, perhaps mine are not
of wealth, power or fame,
raised in reliefs
and gold's retiring lot
or in bronze and silver named

mine are
built upon the tears and fears
of frightened children's tears
forever I will not deny
the Truth of my lived years

...feeling only was I,
in spite of inner summons that
cranked out the noise, beware!
" One moves among you
Whose end is not to care."

...but I pretended not to hear
preferring only to remember
your body warm, nearing,
the rise and fall of sweet September
drunk with aged wine, I lay in flames endearing

...We were a story not yet told
a wave just barely breaking,
crashing the young with the old
with the timeless wonder of each
new and border less Soul

...tomorrow we would cry
as sails on the horizon
loomed larger in our eyes
bearing the promise
of Destinies meant
only for good-byes


~rom~