I Feel

I feel . . .

Torrential rain

Endless tears

Shapeless love

House of mirrors

Wind-blown leaves

Shaking hands

Desert dryness

Shifting sands

Volcanic thunder

Convulsive sobs

Pillaged feelings

Emotional mobs

Frozen fright

Melted will

Fallow ground

No need to till

Loss that gains

Gain that’s loss

The hornet’s sting

Of count the cost

I feel . . .

Help Me

Help me!

I’m shattered and broken,

Completely undone

My heart ripped asunder

By the one that I love

Like the scorching sun

On the morning mist

You vanquished our love

Seems that I don’t exist

Why should I be left alone?

To languish in this loss

When you promised you’d love me

No matter the cost;

But when it cost you you

You threw in the towel

Stuck in a hook

And ripped out my bowels

I’ve lost all my words

My tongue’s become dumb

The pain still persists

When I thought I’d be numb

I grope for some answer

That will banish my pain

I scrub at my heart

To erase all the stain

But your touch is implanted,

Indelibly deep

It leaves me a vacuum

Wholly incomplete

Hopeless, nothing, meaningless life

Beat on an anvil, gripped in a vice

Move on? To what?

I’m lost without you

Be strong! Don’t cry!

Two things I can’t do

Don’t worry; it’ll pass

Things will get better

Nice words you say

But my soul is still fettered

I love you; I need you;

I miss you; it’s true

I can’t get me back

I gave me to you

Help me!