DESOLATE

I am the pain

The embedded shards

That bleed my heart

And tear me apart.

I am the despair

The pervasive ache

Of unfulfilled dreams

That keep me awake.

I am the agony

The twisting knives

The dried up tears

In my vacant eyes

I am the cries

The soundless shrieks

That rend the skies

And make them weep

I am the hope

A mirage, a wraith

I reach through thin air

And touch my faith!

MS