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Rage and Grace...

Pale moonlight flooded through the narrow slits of the draping blinds

Casting an eerie light on the surrounding room

Our chests raised in unison

We truly were connected

 

Her heavy head

Weighted with all the burdens of a child

Forced to grow up too fast

Fitted into the mold on my chest

 

Her breathing slow and steady

A polar opposite

to the preceding nights activities

She looked so peaceful

 

Strange how such peace and purity

Like still moonlight

Can cover the welling inside

of a fiery furnace building, ready to erupt

 

For with each turn of that moon

That peace and passion

That abundance of love, joy and giving

Too had turned

 

I hated her

 

Strange how little things you love

Like the twinkle in her eye or the way her hair falls in her face

Can be so beautiful

Yet....

 

How was she so coy?

Did she not feel the turbulence

The red hot searing fire furnace tearing me apart

As i wanted to see the light flood out of her eyes

 

Desperate

 

But she looked so peaceful

 

I wanted to tear it all apart

To rip our souls in half

and dim the dreary burden of her faltering light

Or was i just being selfish?

 

They say you can only love others

As much as you love yourself

I didn't love her

So what did that say about myself?

 

She gave and gave and gave

Kindness, love and respect

I begrudgingly took it

Without the slightest bit of remorse

 

I again felt her head on my rising chest

I could never tell her

I closed my eyes and tried to lay my mind to rest

Maybe tomorrow will be better...

 

It never was

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Jan 21, 2013
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