And they are so merciless,
these hours of darkness.
Broken clocks and silence
that shatters the windows
and shadows that arrange
themselves in the hollows
of my wretchedly sad mind.
There isn’t anyone but me,
a small girl with a big world
that closes fast around her.
I am alone, lost, homesick.
A vagrant heart that beats
in hushed resonance with
the loneliness of the night.
I long to find my way home
so I tie my laces and follow
trails of stale breadcrumbs
back down the paths I have
taken to find my way here.
But they are all overgrown
with weeds of remorse and
they only incline me further
away from myself and I have
lost the path that leads me
narrowly back to my heart.
I ask the stars if they would
show me the way, but they
busily cavort with the moon,
eager to skite their radiance
before morning light steals
away their glory, and I walk,
alone, lost to the night again,
still trying to find my way home.
~ © Kathy Parker ~
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This is one of my favorites! Beautifully written.
Thank you Vicki ❤️