"Time Fades"

I thought of you today...

But that is nothing new to me...

Especially around this time of the year

Because so long ago in days passed

Everything moved ever so slow

Now, years later...

I wonder just where the years have gone

All bitterness, anger, and betrayal has rounded off to nothing

With multiple moments passing

I forgot to even take notice to the fact that I was moving forward

Instead of standing still

A lot of things have changed

And I have grown into a different being

Fond memories have faded...

But that is okay...

Even the vision of you is not so crisp in my minds eye

Some how I am better for it

And I know it

Having loved and lost

I have found more of myself

Piece by piece

Complete.

© 2011

"A Kiss To Hold"

In the silence of the night

I lie awake with your name upon my lips

My restless limbs long to hold you again

My mouth yearns for yours

To continue to explore the hidden curvatures of your body

To have conversations with your skin and my fingertips

My senses etch out memories that are held golden within my heart

You have ignited a passion of poetry and prose deep within my soul

I wait for that moment when I can see you again

But until then...

I hold fierce to the last thing before you left

And that is your whispered breath against my kiss crushed lips.

© 2011

"Pillar Among Ruins"

With the days that have long since passed behind me

Comes a slow and steady ease

A release of tension upon my being

The weight bares down upon me no more

Time has gradually done its part by removing the mess left behind

Peace has found me from broken pieces

Though the fallout reached further that I could have imagined...

The ripples upon the lake of life are finally still

Calm sunshine breaks out over the still waters

We all move on from these series of unfortunate events

Anchored once again are my feet

Solid strong to where I stand

Fading upon the horizon is all the tomorrow's that never came

The ones that were filled to the brim with empty promises and broken bonds of friendship

Threatening to darken every doorway of today

But fortune has swayed

And the winds have changed

I am thankful for this

That throughout all this change

I remain...

A pillar among ruins.

© 2011