a dream set aside

i walk to the curb glance up the hill to get my bearings your spot is to the left of the oak and right of the large marble cross on which an angel hovers below a cloud your stone is quaint your name two dates and the words 'Beloved Sister to Everyone' can i sell my soul to know you beyond those fleeting few months beyond those precious nights that somehow came to an end how could we have given them to the wind to the whispers to the doubts to the days ahead that slipped away like an almost 'I love you' i'm not sure what is more painful to this beating heart that i shall never know what may have been or that the light of love i felt for you has yet to ignite in the eyes of another what might be sadder than a love left to wither two lost souls in the wake of their misdeed i hear your voice and see your smile in the dream i've set aside and i shall pray this night that both may return when this heart is silenced

Deckard

I began writing poetry when I was a teenager and it truly saved me from a destructive path. 'Time Heals' will be on my grave stone'. I have 3 incredible kids who are the greatest gifts that God has given me. If I have advice to give to aspiring...

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