You
You can’t abandon life
It’ll go on without you
People will keep laughing
The sun will still shine
The ocean will continue to wave
Animals will stay wild
You can only abandon yourself
And you, my beautiful
Deserve to laugh
To have the sun shining on your face
To wave back to the ocean
To join the animals and be wild
Distance
You hope for a story of lovers separated,
Miles placing barriers around their hearts;
A tale of determination and romance,
A reason to believe in never giving up on true love.
Hope can lead to deliverance;
Yet here, disappointment will prevail.
There will be no distance between lovers,
Only a gaping hole between mind and heart.
Fooled by a name given for something indescribable,
You received a recital of distance of another kind.
One that is terrifying to speak of;
And this is why I write.
She lied upon the fabric that once cradled her delicate being;
Regrettably no longer a place of comfort.
Uneasy from clawing at the memories;
Crawling, ferociously, out of her skin.
Experience has placed her upon a bed of thorns,
Invisible chains adorn her wrists.
With thoughts of disappearing to a place,
Where the pink peonies await.