pages

as I write the pages
by dim candlelight
the ending maybe a mystery
hidden from my sight
I jot down all the secrets
that I've never told
when the day was oh so hot
but the wind blows too cold

many promises broken
angry words that were said
in the white heat of anger
things I won't confess
these pages thick with love
the ink that is still wet
from the love that glistens
and given without regret

the battles that I waged
sometimes met defeat
I would refight that war
although no easy feat
a chapter penned on heaven
a chapter written on hell
although the latter sometimes seems
the place where I shall dwell

I've lost track of the pages
and where this all may leads
drawing difficult conclusions
after numerous misleads

erasures and redoing

sometimes of all lines

thesaurus was handy

and used so many times

Poetry by M.J.B. is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License.