I cried for a guy

That begged on the cold sidewalk

He had a peg leg!

Voice with no kind word,

Or kind word without a voice?

Yet both speak sadness.

your jealousy of me

scorches away my skin

revealing pity

She will never know

The ugliness of her soul

Where's that mirror now?

Feeling so alone,

Dejected and discarded,

How can I help you?

My sister is sick

On her birthday, poor thing

No cake or ice cream

her fists clench and swing

unable to let go of

the pain she holds on

A single tear drops

Feelings swirl inside her heart

Around and around

every one who's

feeling or felt pain, mental

or not, this and all planets

Time is too slipshod

to wield love like a sieve –

love it all for life