There is a space inside the heart
That is almost never filled
The emptiness is hungry, yearning
writhing, never still
We try to fill it desperately
With grasping hands we claw
Money, things, people,
The fresh, the new and raw
Relationships we think we know
We covet for our own
Position, lovers, destiny
We dig our hands to bone
That empty space stays vacant
An angry mouth to feed
It craves the simplest filling
The planting of a seed
The fruit of appreciation
That's generated within
The belief that you are something
A prize inside your skin
It cannot be granted by others
No item can fulfill
Generated internally
By strength of one's own will
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 peace was fleet of foot   abandoning sense     anxiety,   like an angry bee   ran stings up my spine     my eyes somewhere   elsewhere   my feet still pointed forth   my son grasping elbow's edge     he brings me back   like gravity   places my head    squarely onto my neck   and i remember     there is a reason   for my being   for my footsteps   for my focus     i breathe quickly   quietly   deeply     and bring my eyes   back to him   a  
 
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