I wake having forgotten your name, Like a long-lost place, a dream's remains, The pain evaporates, but leaves hollow space, In my mind - the disgrace of betrayal, The ache of love turned to hate, The horror I feel, as memory fades, Holding on tight, to delay the decay Of the lingering pain of that … Continue reading To Stop Healing
Month: January 2021
The Three Loves of M. Renard
The First Love is Adoration, You led me by the hand, Companion of my youth, Such artful passion, Like a compass true: Your dreams, your love, your life. I wept when they left you, The Second Love is for Passion, My eager dilettante, Balm for this broken fool, Laughing, alluring, With a smile so cruel, … Continue reading The Three Loves of M. Renard
To Mind, to Body, Rest
Tis like the Mind suffers fever,To illumine so bright, it blinds,Chittering madness, all it finds,Laughter from some great deceiver. O how Heart shatters in its strain,Pulsing, unthinking convulsionOf the perpetual motion,A dance of life lived in vain. Where now are the rewards I seek,Of restful, sweet oblivion,The gentle call of deep stygian,Within those depths, my … Continue reading To Mind, to Body, Rest
A Reflection of the Board State
Winter slowly embraces,A cold country home,Filled now with wistful feelings,And of things I left undone. Letters scattered on the desk,These tearful goodbyes,From someone I used to know,Unless that too was a lie. Near the window, the whispers,Words I wished unsaid,A friendly game unfinished,White to move, but black is dead. Negligence transforms the room,My proud illusion,Untouched … Continue reading A Reflection of the Board State