Numbing, paralytic pain
Immobilizes my brain
Caught in the eye of a hurricane
Silence ceases to acknowledge time
When once you were mine
Now only a fading outline
Youth once defined our dreams
Then quickly replaced by screams
And finally transformed to extremes
Now silence becomes our ally
Relegated to meaningless passer-bys
Our relationship forever nullified
Regrets exponentially decrease
Any semblance of ultimate release
From epithets devoid of peace
Now silence becomes our friend
That allows us to transcend
Until that final Amen
For I loved you once, it’s true
When our relationship was new
And neither of us withdrew
Now silence replaces our words
Before we depart the absurd
If only we were heard
Under Amber Skies, written by author and poet Jill Eisnaugle, is a wonderful collection of rhyming poetry guaranteed to please every reader. In this, her second book, she writes of new friendships kindled, as well as old friendships solidified. She g
This book represents a thirty-day period of my poetry journal. Each poem addresses
the dominant thoughts occupying my mind during the early morning hours of a given
day.
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