Beyond

Beyond... Sleep eludes me All of me aches Sand dances in my eyes And shades draw down Beyond my control But despite my endeavours My mind is alert My heart is howling Breaking into pieces a 1000 times over Aching beyond despair, beyond anguish I try to crawl under a space Somewhere in the deep In the abyss of my recesses In a place, where once there was solace In a place beyond the realm of pain But all is lost In your empty promises All is dried up, barren Like words that fade with passing seconds Like the wind beyond my grasp. I'm left to gather the pieces From faint memories From tainted images and distorted truths Through a web of pain and disappointments Beyond my broken heart, my new reality. Shock may have broken me down Anguish may have knocked me down a notch Pain may crowd my judgement But like a phoenix I will rise Beyond this rumble my life has become. ©Moliehi Koeshe 2018 Jan.