A Poem

Here's a poem I wrote a couple of years ago that I thought you all might enjoy:

Vent

Desperate

Hopeless

I feel such a loss

Waiting

Wanting

Pleading

Questions never answered

The cruelty of circumstance stings my eyes

Fills them with tears

So many shed

Empty wombs and empty arms feel heavy with grief

Envious stares towards those who have what I don’t

Keep the dream alive

Or give up the fight

The battle rages in my mind

Your clumsy attempts at comfort are not the soothing gestures you mean

Inadvertently twisting the knife further into my heart

I reach out into a quiet dark

Seeking those like me

Feeding from their words

Like a long starved thing

The medicine man fills me with his potions

Promises of success

Raising expectations

Two weeks is an eternity

How much more can I endure