"Between Truth And Lie"

All reason has fled

Compassion...

Kindness...

Respect...

The cold bite of abandonment stings deep

Piercing my already numb heart

Words fail to form upon my tongue

Quivering lips barely contain a whimper...

Thoughts are thick

Heavy with weight

Dragging their way through the corridors of my mind

Empty memories vanish

Leaving holes in time already played

A brief history made, now erased

Unanswered questions mock my resolve to move on

Passed the blood shed

My senses sift through the sentences told

Between truth and lie...

But a line cannot be found

Who knew happiness could spell out hell lived so quickly...

Tears call out to a person who no longer exists

Finger prints left stain my skin

The last mark your touch ever made

All things built

Now burnt out ruin

All of this feels more like a crime scene rather than love lost

This is the nameless grave dug for my heart

Buried deep beneath an unmarked stone...

Published in: "Island Tides"
Anthology of verse
Poetry Institute of Canada

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