iano: Poems

egg shells
like bells
in a silent world

eyes shut tight

beyond the window
birds have eggs
in their open
life

yet egg shells must break
risk must take

for life's
sake

_iano

I have never been the victim of domestic abuse. I have however seen my nearest and dearest suffer.

#freedom #domesticabuse #courage

Everyone Loves You

iano May 2020

Everyone Loves You

Everyone loves you
at first light

Then expectation
births boredom

Its a cruelty
we cant help

_iano

#love #cruelty

her

iano Jun 2020

her

after all these

years

it still hurts
when I disappoint
her

#love #relationships

of my pain

iano May 2020

of my pain

of my pain
i can only tell
on its passing

when it is
a boiling stillness
its the safest way

_iano

#pain #suffering #surviving

Remember

iano May 2020

Remember

Remember
Back then
Way back when
When we were young
And the world was new
When we were young
Way back when
Back then
Remember

_iano

#memory #youth #life

To live or die

iano Jun 2020

To live or die

There have been
Times

I have felt
Unable

Unworthy

To live
Or die

_iano

#life #death #survival

Without Song

iano May 2020

Without Song

Its not that I never knew
The fearless truth
I just let her go
In my need for proof

She used to fill my days
And weave my dreams
But answers for critics
Won me over it seems

I panic now
My memory has lost her face
The facts of life sit without song in her place

So I walk the world
Knowing more and more
But without her courage
And increasingly unsure

_iano

#truth #life #courage

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