By sassy
Date: 2005 Dec 25
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Facade

I yearn for you
purely, without ceasing
an ache I hold carefully
in my heart.
I must not disturb for one second
the memories
that would tumble forth
in avalanche if I displaced just one.

I fear the onslaught
of both poignance and pain
our pretty past would bring me.
You held my world once
you were the axis,
a puppet master manipulating
strings with hand both
sure and steady.
I danced only for you
my voice, my songs,
my thoughts were centered on you.

Without you I forge ahead
my days have meaning
but I am shadowed by sadness
and I frequently fall
out of balance.
When night falls,
so does my facade.
With weary sigh I slip
between the sheets
and feel your absence
in full.