Love's Body
Author: AnnBrownThere you were
Asking my forgiveness
And I couldn't think
Couldn't even breathe
The air so thick
With emotions
I didn't realize I could feel
There you were
Your outstretched hand
Like a brush with reality
I was unprepared to feel
Through fear and discontent
Heartache too severe
To articulate
I was paralyzed
By my own grief
So much so I had no sense
Or wits about me
Didn't we forge our own mistakes
When had I become so innocent
Why were we lacking in common sense
When we started this
And I stood aware
As the words poured out of you
That love was this lifeless body
In my soul
Whose eyes were downcast
Frozen; dead
Whose glazed expression
Bore the emptiness alone
And told of failed deliverance
Lying upon the doorway of truth
It was hard to believe
Everyone could see it but you
Didn't we ask for our own defense
The strong blade of preservation
Was it too brief our own discipline
To prevent these wounds
Truth needed to gather up these pieces
That bitterness tore
But time remained a distanct relic
Too encumbered, too slow
As you waited for reaction
I knew I had no answer
And from my doorway
I watched you go
And when you were out of sight
I felt the stirring
A restless twitch of the body inside me
Just once as I closed the door.
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Posted: Wed Jul 8, 2009 11:43 AM CST