Unable
My heart is lost
In places worn
Pieces torn
By time’s thorns
Love comes uneasy
To one so unsettled
By an alien thought
Yet so readily bought
Time and time unfold
Different ways I hurl
Myself into tragedy and pain,
neglected into infamy
Blood dribbles down my back
The words on this book black
The victims decidedly fine?
Yet mine, the line, oh my mind
It is a crack past the edge
Is it their images bathed
In my self loathed wine
Making all seem fine
In my mind, when I am not.
12/5/21 – Andy McRae
Flowerbeds
Love permissible
For a man so dismissible
Short stares
Leaving flowerbeds bare
My heart, how do I dare
Bare forth more than I can hold
In my hand, my love grows cold
A waiting for that hour
When I am told,
I am allowed to flower
My love can grow
No longer be locked
In ice and snow
11/14/21 – Andy McRae
Love Over Lie
Seeing beyond sight
Take in the transcending light.
Let it warm your being
Embrace this feeling.
Warring sides fight
And die, in scores.
Are we winning,
Or just crumbling inside?
Never let the dead men decide
Shelter that being that defies
Bring forth love
To beat senseless,
Pointless dread.
It's all in your head
A lie we have all been fed.
11/17/20 - Andy McRae
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