the heart of a friend

you can't move around 

you're afraid you might trip 

over all of the baggage 

in the cartons that ripped 

you can't see the light 

if your darkness won't end

but you can find peace 

in the heart of a friend 

you can't catch a star 

in the clouds of the day 

you can't move the boulders 

that get in your way 

you can't read the signals 

in the lights on the street 

or read all of the people 

that are not indiscreet 

you can touch the small screen 

and still lose your place 

you can touch my heart 

without touching my face 

you can travel the back roads 

without getting lost 

you can settle here 

and lose all of your ghosts 

you can placate your life 

and bring down those walls 

you can cry in your dark 

or run screaming down the hall 

you can stand the comparisons 

and the judgements that will come 

from the ones that don't care 

and live their lives numb 

you tossed out the love 

of a heart that was true 

but retained all the links 

that connect me to you 

it all intertwines 

with the thickest of ropes 

that will sustain all your life 

and salvage all of your hopes 

you can find your peace

and all that matters 

you can get it back

what lays there in tatters

you can't live your life

without making amends

you can find it here

in the heart of a friend

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