I don't know you
Yet the gravity
Of your suffering
Wrings
From every fibre of my heart
Torrents of
Empathy and compassion
You stand on the brink
At the junction
Of endless yesterdays
and despair
Courting the hopelessness
Of today
And oblivious to tomorrow
The terror
Of another existential
Apply, rinse, repeat
Draws you ever closer
To a violent cessation
Of an earthbound incarnation
I don't know you
But your suffering
Torments me
Wrenching me from sleep
So that I might
Go another round
Wrestling
Angels and Demons
Whom
Would have me believe
Your plight
Has
Everything and/or Nothing
To do with me
For the Love of God
But then
Have you renounced
God entirely?
If so
What would I presume
To bring
To lay upon
The altar of your suffering
I am a weave
Of the same
Failures, foibles, and fears
As you...
I don't know you
But I already
Grieve the loss
Of who you are
And who you might have become
The world so desperately
Needs your tender heart
And your beautiful sensitivity
I pray that you continue
To share that with humanity
Should you choose
Instead to dash your gifts
Upon the rocks
I will rise with the sun
Loving with all my heart
Life
Yours & mine
The news
Of your choice
Will deeply sadden me
Which I then
Will carry
As I consider
For a time
The tortuous inquiry
Why?
Until the love
For both you and me
Transforms
The suffering
of
Why - you left
To
The hope and inspiration
Of
Why - will I stay
I don't know you
But there is so much
Love for you
And so much love
That is you
If you won't
Allow for that
My life
And the world
Will be lessened
By your loss
But with all my
Heart
I will love you
And let you go
R. O'Neill (July 29, 2017)
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