Serenity

Like a small child

hunkered down

hiding

dreading the blow to come

so do you

make yourself so big

so boistrous

that all are distracted by the gloss.

The pains are less

washed down with spirits

with tainted love

drowning in disbelief

how did it come to this?

Within

I see the potential

I see the man you could rise to be

if only….

you gave yourself a chance

if only….

you realized happiness could be ours

if only…..

you could see yourself

through my eyes.

Understanding gained

pain released

hold me close

never let go

your serenity I will always be.

 

 

Part 2

Dark night skies.

Her home within a dream,

laying alone in the stream

life slowly ebbing away.

Tears crystallize,

seeping from her lids

no one is there to hold her

no one will ever know.

Moving within herself

gathering the smallness

pulling it away from harm.

Locking it,

chain bound the chest

and throw away the key.

Horror and fear

all come her way

but she is not able to feel

moving within a listless fog

asleep more than she is alive.

©Jay-lyn Doerksen

January 13/18