Left Behind

she was left behind
bleeding on the floor
her tears of a broken lover
she couldn’t find what she was looking for

he took off with a part of her
when he went away
she was left with empty memories
promises of yesterday

she stares at the blank wall
playing games of pretend
the lies are forgotten
the beginning won’t end

a story unfinished
the same memory plays on
a series of mind games
all logic is gone

she ended what never began
significance of life aglow
left behind unfinished
what she never had the chance to know

*original

The Soldier

rhythmic explosions outside
but all he hears are the strains of his children’s voices
far away, out of reach
he holds out his hands but grasps nothing but cold air

he weeps like a child abandoning
his pride as a man, a superior, so known
innocence gone like dew
screaming for all he had lost and held dear

faded memoris, a picture
floats to the surface of his thoughts- his wife
savoring the warmth a last time
commiting her love to memory forever

blind submision and it’s price
claimed him for it own, but leaving a legacy
bliss forgotten along with a life unaccounted for
still precious to few, even in rest eternal

*original

Eyes

he watched her.

walking toward him from across the hallway.

watching her watch him.

and she stared, deep and hard.

a first glance, it was pure blue.

she watched them transform into a picture of bitterness.

disappointment.

and then in a second, the hatred that burned within him.

what he kept inside for so long.

then she screamed.

because she saw his death.

his story reflected in his eyes.

now pitch black.

*original