What is hidden behind the end? is the end a beginning?
The beginning without the selfishness that kills?
The end of the words I didn't say, and the forgiveness I didn't ask?
will it be the same without you?
An ungiven space, an unextended hand, an unaccepted apology and an end that has no end.
if tomorrow was yesterday, I would have left our selfishness aside.
I would have taken forgiveness from the rocks of the soul,
and I would drown in the sea of your thoughts.
and when the waves touched your feet, I would touch your hand,
in the still night, where only the two of us were sailing,
untrodden shores of bliss,
where the bare steps caressed the sand and souls,
waiting for the letter I didn't write,
and that time will bring it to you,
like a waxed message inside a bottle.
Categories:
unextended, beach, feelings, for her,
Form: Free verse
Ever watchful
always alert,
so goes the heart
from day to day
as it sets out
on its journey that lies
ahead -
to gamble
to risk
and accept fate;
do I have the strength to try
or must I hide?
The mind plays a strange game
of riddles and puzzles
that confuse
to extents of complexity
far beyond the shores
of our comprehension -
can I cope with such a struggle,
a companionway of delusion,
of unextended love?
Copyright Deon J.H. Burger 2014
Categories:
unextended, emotions, life, philosophy,
Form: Free verse