Funny how people can affect you
With the things they do or don’t do
Funny how inaction can wound you
As a spiteful word can wound too
Silence isn’t always golden
Withholding can also cause pain
The sunshine I held in my soul
Now dimmed by a cloud filled with rain
Blue skies now overcast
A strong wind blows a tumble weed
Across the horizon I strived towards
Shackled where I was once free
A heaviness has descended
Yet I know this too shall pass
But until it does I must bear its weight
And the ache it has brought, alas
I know not what has transpired
What poison has pierced my bliss
I’m as baffled as a girl could be
That my hopes have been dashed to bits
Buck up, I’m told, que cera cera
But it’s not as easy as that
For this is happening right now to me
And I can’t escape my heart
Which has taken a blow
As to why – I don’t know
But it’s beat is a thud in my chest
Irregular, stilted
I’m feeling wilted
Although I gave it my best
Onwards and upwards
Must go I
When the dust has settled
This thing called love
Sure is tough
A veritable test of my metal.
Rachel Rhodes 