Pieces of Me

I wish I could peel off this heavy coat of bone and breath

For just a moment

See if with me

Test the weight of the lingering pain

Alter my name,

Pretermit my past

See if with me

Test the weight of the lingering pain 

Trade the shadows for the spotlight's glare

Cease weeping these sorrows

And draining my hurt

Speak my truth

And let it be acknowledged

Have "love" be known

That love is a verb, not just a noun

Not stress over career

Not concern over love

Or agonize about home

Not feel so extinguished,

Yet, appear so forlorn

If not for you,

I have no will to live

I endlessly take,

And scarcely yeild

The emotion is 'piteous'

That drifts through my sky

Eclipses my blue eyes

Defiles my brown hair

A soul like that

has cause to weep

Sealing away the past

Locks away her yearning for the end

I still remember the desire 

burning in your gaze

Drawing on my love

While winning me over

I can still feel his hand

As our fingers weave

Robbing me of a sacred moment 

I thought I held alone

"Love and warre are all one"

As the old adage goes

All my weathered marks

Mirrors my decisions 

and steps I took