Dear Stephanie

Flesh and blood
The water sits in stagnant silence
And toils with my flesh
It irritates me
I am left with the scratching sensation
Bleeding my tears
He didn't die for nothing
Tearing you apart..
From the inside out
Sitting at home at night
With tears running down your cheek
A warm condolence,
To a cold dark apartment
Am I dying inside for nothing?
A romantic moonlit night
With one person still by the shores
The shores of my fears
And the beach of my past.
My arms are showing age
And the empty arcs in them are spoken for
But the tears still flow
And from the hard rain that impairs my judgment
It leaves the water deposits on the island
Leaving my world in a flood
For you are my ship,
And like these waves that drown me
The water pours on my soul
The Dark sky discourages me,
And the thunder threatens me
And without you I sink
Loosing my footing, and falling into blackness
So tell me why you lay so silent
On this hospital bed
And tell what's going on.
I cry in your dust at the house
Fearing that I am permanently
Physically abused by the memories
Of me and you.

Poem by J.A.D. © 2002