"Just I", "Tenderness", "Pale", "Your Sorrow", "Coldest Night", Five Poems of a Soul's Journey-Mine

"Just I"If anything has sustainedI sift through scattered remains
it is my memory of dreamstender hearts
that were not rescued.memories
Dreams I held for you.If worlds can fall apartbreathing
then so can I.I hear distant laughtereyes of laughter
in each and every signturned pale.______________________"Your
For I have resigned myselfSorrow"For all this time
to let the vision step by.And nowwill it suffice
unnoticedthe mud on the ice
but still expressedcovering whatever tunnels are left
by sighs.If small things seem neglectedto hide in?
by passers byYou're weaker than I thought.
closed boxesYour thoughts enclosed me
with assorted ribbons'til I finally noticed
no one will ever knowthe shade of your sorrow.
not even youAhhh
just I.-----------------------"Tenderness"Is there rain forit is only mud on the
flowersin your tenderness?ice.--------------------------------------"Coldest Night"He said
Are there little boats to floatin my pond?it was an instinct
And water to trickle through little drawn linesthe mirror on his face
on the sidewalk?and then he led me through hallways
The heat beats on my heavy on my backof children
and turns my disconnected mutteringsmisplaced.
into worlds outside my spaces.Take your pick
I only wish that youof any that you see
could imagine themThey're all here on display.
too.-----------------------------------------------"Pale"When didThen seething through a noose
your laughter become so vacant?he held up to my eyes
When did your eyes turn so pale?my mind he held in place
When did your breathing cease to mingle with mine?and he said
Little capsules of memories......are you surprised?
I open and pour them out