Ravaged Heart

Creeping shadowed moonless night across my heart has drawn Curtained memories of the sight these evenings once had known How softly would the whispers get when you steal into dreams Fantasies that plague me yet encroaching my heart’s engram Leaves stiffly torn from the trees from gale of bitt'rest wind So the marks that you leave to silently heal or rot within The faceless heavens open wide words torn from lover's lips A ravaged heart with cure denied voiceless echoing in an abyss The tears of the cleansing rain wash like a healing balm And soak the crusted, acrid pain to make the frenzied heart calm