Lessons

He never knew me

He was a lesson learned

One rose given in love

Sweeter than the dozens he bought to cover his guilt

          My favorites are lilies

Love Is

Love is never hard to find

It comes easy or not at all

Watching, waiting

For his reply

As he waits for me to fall

          Fall I did

So far down

Hollow was my decline

Descending the void

Transcending myself

          Letting go

I ran

As I often do, as I know how

Here I am safe

          Warren found

                   Dreams alive

I live

Now

          Here

                   Love is

Husband

Pale shadows, illusions of love

Shattered by morning’s light

Mere memories of softness

Disappeared with the night

Sunlight loves to burn it down

Silver on the pillow falls

She can’t stand to face the day

Rolls back over, looks at walls

Too strong to cry, to proud to beg

Too hurt ever to go back

That ice so thick, painfully deep

Fades the heart to bitter black

He never knew

The foolish man

Never knew the hurt he caused

And rabbit ran

He never knew

          …Two foolish men