A Tear Remembers

Shivering on my cheek, A tear remembers Your eyes Like flowers on fire Petals scorched under an iron Pain painted on your irises Like wet blood stains From wounds that never Stop bleeding. Within the pools of blood Fear stood With its arms outstretched Vulnerable Its eyes wide open Eyes like flowers on fire. Behind the fear Your soul crouched like a child Your sweet, longing, gentle soul That ached for acceptance That was meant for love And loving. But it can’t love Locked far behind A steel door of pain An iron lock of fear As if a prison could protect A soul from feeling. Swiftly I stretched a beam of love Through your flowers on fire And caught a spark of your spirit Before it vanished Behind its wall. I remember your essence Your tender, lovely splendor And hold it Wistfully, warmly In the tear That quivers forever On my cheek. @ Tess Harvester 2013