Prize of Another Heartbreak

If folly could perceive

the way a sky looks and the gloom

before the fall

brings deceit in a river

before trust is crushed on a rock

saltwater coming down

to add tears to loss,

to shed a painful recollection

over what could be

and what left,

what came undone

in dancing with your fate

denying you were sand

hearing the will of breeze

riding a wind that never stops,

freezes all dreams awake

one a time, heart

knowing you can still see, regret

what grabs your hand

and you let go.

***

And when your heart is past

the wall of tears that lays blue

under the veil of netherland

will you look upon love as light

or do you chase it as a curse,

one that tore life in two

happiness starting sunny road,

anger the next, long path

you can't let go?

***

Spread wings and fly far from all smiles

you shriek when you hear laughter,

you sleep and wake in nightmares

another's heartbreak is your joy

tears flowing on cheeks

make you feel hopeful

there is still a way

to clutch back what was taken

to make fate learn one loss

means ruined souls,

a precipice

where you strain

to draw sunshine.

***

Falling into another's horror

is a sweet dream that makes your heart glow

it's black now

and the only glint

comes in the darkness,

dusk of ripped mind

red sheen of eyes that show no fear

no mercy, no regrets

you have become the guilt

that once made you fall

and go under

now you stay with ghost wind

shadow in spirit

soul of eternal plight

and vengeance.

© 2022 Amy Christie

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