Destroy

Love has nearly destroyed me

And it continues to burn unnoticed.

Its fierceness unbound.

It eats me, pounds on my bones

Making then ache and plead for mercy

Ground into delirious dust.

Confusion as to where my present lies

Hidden in the dull persistent ache of

Old love's residue

And the rawness of being ripped away from

New love without explanation.

All my love now only exists in the centre of the crash

Grasping and wanting to cling onto whatever

Looks alive.

All my love I must direct inwards

To force my beating heart to carry me forwards

And not expel it outwards towards people

That will not honour me. Give me the

Simplest of kindnesses,

Honesty. And often the hardest

To say when the dignity of the

receiver feels in jeopardy.

Still, the known is better then

It's more secretly supported

savage sibling of the unknown..

ljmh 2013

Twist

We twisted our tales,

Merged imagination.

Told each other stories of love

And how love has hurt us.

We twisted our tails

Shared our wishes for wings.

I unfurled before you,

Filled my senses with you.

It was good,

I fell so quickly

So deeply

So I twist, twist it into my myth.

We twisted our splendour

As our spirits soared over the sea

I would sing to you daily

If only you'd let me.

We untwist, I untwist.

And I let go,

I try.