My Friend

Smiling your happiness away

Tears -

Remain hidden behind the veil

Under the pretense of forgiveness

You remain untouched -

Unfelt

Not allowing tomorrow in.

Hollow spaces in the gaps

Holding your breathe in

Amongst the fear -

Noting the pain but staying detached

The sensation of creation

What pleasure -

Can’t allow that.

Too stricken with life to take the chance

If only you could what would it bring

Another half finished story -

Too shattered to begin.

Timeless and hopeless how can you start -

Have faith in your aloneness

Allow remorse as a friend,  to enter

- As a gift.

Anticipate

With a sense of purpose -

Turn your sorrows into acceptance

Bitterness into joy -

Then, the tomorrows for you will blossom

Like a rosebud

That’s come out of the dark.                                    Pia