Empty
Alone again within myself
Emptiness with the faint sounding echo
I swallow hard fighting back the tears
Looking at the walls bland art deco
I wish my brain used a megaphone
And my heart could write a book
Screaming brilliance into the night
And words of all that love that was took
If only my eyes were x-ray machines
And could read what's on your mind
Your eyes judging me endlessly
Although you say your thoughts are only kind
I wish my feet could change the hands of time
Taking steps from present back into the past
Would I write a new future?
A new shadow would I cast?
If only my voice spewed words of hope
An ear to listen I would grasp
Lips hypnotic to the eye
Around your heart they would clasp
I wish your arms were wrapped around me
Squeezing this hallow shell
Filling it with love and joy
And taking me from this hell
If only your hands would touch my face
Bring warmth back to my cheek
I feel I will blow away into dust
And these, the last words I would ever speak
I pray your heart is always with me
Together beating as one
May you never forget me
And may our course never be run
Copyright © Sarah Leatherman | Year Posted 2015
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