Love’s Solace

We shuffle, room to room, not touching

Lost, lonely shadows, of ourselves

Tattered hearts, cold hands still clutching

A Lifeless love, in empty shells

First came the playfulness of butterflies.

And magic only first love knows.

Awakened to love's feigned disguise

As brokenness appears, exposed

The callous pain wounding a heart

My heart bleeds red, staining the page

Tears fall cleansing the unseen parts

Replaced with time's gentle assuage

Another year has come to pass

And with it, bouts of happiness

Memories of a lifetime last

Through laughter, tears and loneliness

And I, a witness to it all

My heart forever to confess

Offer solace from the fall

And in love’s tender arms find rest