Y o u   g e t  u n d e r  m y  s k i n ,

P r o v o k e  m e.

I could never forgive myself
If I hurt you

I feel so empty

I whisper my prayers
To the Sun's children
Of love and kindness
And tell them about the strength
That he gives to me.

They have all grown
In peace and every day
They blossom towards
The warmth of my words to
Him.

How
Do
you
Carry
So
much
Weight.
How
do
I
Take
Away
Some
Of
The
Guilt?
Where
Do
You
Store
It?
How
Can
I
Help.

I now understand
That it all came down
To a single decision-

This is the
Moment I grew into
Myself.

I take
her hand
trembling.

tide is going
out.

all the

secrets
of her

marriage
will be
no longer
hidden.

safe in
harbor
shores.

her life
exposed
to the
pain

the sorrow,
the love

will be

like broken

seashells

thrown upon

this beach.

lost.

never to

be put

back together

again.

her
beauty
still
at hand.

like rose
pedals

without

the sunlight

to guide

them,

she knows
not where
to begin.

lovers from
her past
scurry
about her
thoughts,


like wild
dogs
looking
for scraps
of red

tender

meat.

but she
will have
none of it.

because she

knows  it
is time,

to begin
her new

life without
him.