free

as you lie in crescent light 

love reflecting in her eyes

I am awake, another sleepless night 

with abstract dreams unrealized

loves conviction, a contorted shape 

hidden by a shadowed face 

again my heart loses trust and faith 

against condemned walls it scratches and scrapes 

as distance grows between you and me 

a faithful wound continues to bleed

the songs you write for her to read 

the final straw that sets me free 

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