Shadowed Street Corners
My love, you have disappeared
Where have you gone? I cry
I have shed a thousand tears
I search for you in every face
On shadowed street corners
But of you I find no trace
My life is broken and shattered
My heart is left ripped and tattered
Your eyes cannot be replaced
Smoldering flames consume
Specks of blue light and grey laced
Will I see those eyes again?
How they pierced and robbed my soul
I still feel them penetrate my skin
In our passion, I was assured
Our love, I thought would endure
True love once sunned our garden
Now weeds smother the dying vine
My blood drains, my heart hardens
Please, I beg take the pain away
The earth trembles beneath my feet
How do I stand when I am your prey?
How will I go on? Why should I fight?
The days are horrid, I dread the night
No one will ever know or understand
How I miss your wild and gentle soul
The chaos of you where sea meets sand
The insatiable desires of your spirit's edge
Desperate love, my sun has fallen into dust
Everlasting night, death from a dark ledge
My angel, you have scarred me in your sin
I walk this life dead, my scars are within
By Rhonda Johnson-saunders, February 13, 2012
*I was listening to "On Every Street" by Dire Straits, a bittersweet song with a hauntingly beautiful melody. It inspired me to write about lost love. My poem is darker than I originally intended.
Copyright © Rhonda Johnson-Saunders | Year Posted 2012
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