Best Poems Written by Brian Curry

To Heartache

You made those quiet tears fall from my eyes,

No one around me, sadness intervened,

As the burgundy sun clung to the eaves

Like ice.Through my heartache, I watched a burnt 

Horizon paste darkness against the stars. 

A shard of nightfall, a hunter moon, floated 

Far past the clouds. I dreamt of death, my eyes

Yearned for light, in that odorless dream 

I've always had. Why were you there? Who was 

That with you? What words were exchanged? Why do

Tears flood my being suddenly,
when dreaming 

Shortens the space between us? My tears flowed

With my heart's song, and my blanket lay sprawled 

Beside me like a thirsty grey bat. Still,

Still, still, it flapped away through the crepuscule,

Toward that gold moon, diffusing into cauldrons.

Copyright © Brian Curry | Year Posted 2024