Roots

Packed bag

One foot forward

Into tomorrow

The other planted

In the past

And so she stands

With no middle

Just behind

And before

Always the same old

'You'

Store

Of what it is

She needs

To be

What it is

She needs

To see

One foot out the door

The other

Forever planted on the floor

Cover Your Ears::Hear Life

Hands over ears

Supposed silence

But the cacophony remains

Breath

Overcomes the heartbeat

Air

Overtakes the flow

Realization that

Silence

Of desperate cause

Does not exist

Life

Cannot be separated

From the noise

Pain

Cannot be removed

From the joy

Experience blends

In madness

And perfection

Her Haunted Steps

Because you thought it was over

it began again

Because you rose above it all

it broke your back again

Because you flaunted change to the ending

it started round again

Because the silver never shed

it drowned you
Because the words remained unsaid

it choked you

Because the smile wasn't real

it gave you grief

Because it is impossible

it stepped forward again

Because it is unfixable

it became the problem again

Because there is no happy ending

it wrote the final ending

What You Must

Softest of caress

Hair moves slowly through loving touch

Quiet whispers

As fingers move in their own words

Care

Not a word said

Nothing understood

The clamor too loud

For a single moment

Listen

Running to the end

Of everything

Followed by the magnitude

Of just one day

Chase

Alone and distant

Lost amid the the plush of conformity

Vacant grey

Offer the color's that she too holds

Sit

Forever moving forward

Perpetually pulled backward

Plaguing weariness

That has not a word to describe the feeling

Stay

Endless Brink

Precipice

Offers the stand of stay or dive

Fall fast

Remain slow

End quickly

Carry on eternally

Ending muse

Perpetual wish

One last question

Continual 'what if?'

Reasons be damned

Never-ending reasons why

Negative motion

Stuck

Free and giving air

Stifling continuum

Spread arms of ready

Motionless hand stretched toward longing

The Moment

The rest of your Life

--> <--

Drawn together

Torn apart

Held close to a chest

Pushed far out of arms reach

~~So close together~~

More tender than an unwilling tear

The hurt of a slap on cheek

Difference

Same

~~The breath's~~

Languid sentience

Desperate dreamer

Limp before the race

Tense after the finish

~~Infuse for you~~

The risk not believed

The danger closer than a whisper

Lost visionary

Betrayed calling

~~Your destiny~~

What Used To Be

What used to be

Opened and weeping

Is now

Closed and silent

What used to be

Prone to tantrums

Is now

Apathetic

What used to be

Seeking the hidden change

Is now

Hiding from the thought

What used to be

Heartbroken

Is now

A perfect pretense of whole

What used to be

Striving forward into new

Is now

Left behind

What used to be

Pleased by imagined progress

Is now

Disgusted at the sight

What used to be

Dedicated to the cause till death

Is now

A million questions of 'why'

What used to be

Okay with this one way

Is now

Ever seeking a different say