By Sandy Lender

 

Fathomless pain

And oppressive grief

know I can’t bring you

back out of the ground.

I beg forgiveness daily

for decisions forced upon me.

I fear regret chasing me down

cornering me on cloudy nights

when the last chateau briond

has drained my last emotion

leaving my heart-scatters vulnerable

to careless memories…

What selfish act could have kept

you nearer to me?

I can’t stand your absence any longer.

The fathomless abyss

seeks to blend us again

and tonight’s liquid inhibitor fails me.