Seeking Words

In the dark cold of night
	from which all the light has fled
knowing not what may need to be
	to pierce the heart and make it bleed

words that may pierce within
	cutting sharper than metal blade
leaving wounds that will never heal
	hardening scars that will not fade

life before to be as dreams
	losing sharpness as they recede
like dust gathering on a painting then
	hiding all to be not seen

bright red splashes on creamy white
	flowing pain burning hot
of the colors one would not see
	to shine brightly in the light

hard sharp edges of day to day
	straight lines of rules that guide
decisions that need never be made
	thought not needed and done away

hard and fast and piercing through
	piercing thoughts that cannot be
beating rhythms that are not heard
	pounding deep inside of me

seeking change of all that is
	breaking forth in light of day
standing forth for all to see
	shouting the words that cannot be
Copyright © | Year Posted 2020

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