PostPoems Be Artistic. Be Creative. Be Inspired!

the web of joy

pales when compared to the fall of one's hopes

if you sift through the debris of loneliness

you can find many a valuable thing

shards of forgotten self confidence

slivers of discarded pride

promises left unspoken

tears that have never dried

vague arguments that left true feelings hanging

needlessly in one's strangled mind

the critical question Why?

still so very tortured by any form of an answer

long since denied

to the harsh plateau of acceptability

we each foolishly climb

the hearts that chose to settle

fear those who lied

by saying 'I Love You'

all the old walls come down

or crumble in time......................

(Nov. 19, 1995)