Monday, July 14, 2014

I struggle to see

when the world sits heavily
on my eyelids
I struggle to see

my heart
crumpling into its own
unwritten poetry
lost, in love,
for a love lost
once, perhaps forever

these sunken eyes see
clearly
without tears
only pain

for the world
where love can not
be found
again
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