A test.

Sometimes we communicate without words,
bittersweet memories sparkling across a pavement
of our shattered dreams


Once,
we lay on a green field
counting stars in the midnight sky,
competing over which one of us
loved the other more deeply,
whose love
consumed the self more completely

Cut to,
the midsummer night
that I broke your heart,
foolish pride leading me to
believe that I would easily
survive your brand new start

We covered our wounds
by pretending they didn't exist,
a lover lost,
a stranger gained
The loss of you
alluded to
in songs about
somebody that the heart once knew

In dark caverns we hid
the feelings we sought
to brush aside,
feeding the
inner demons
we caged inside

Yet, my tender heart knew
fate's hand helps move the wheel
around, upside down
sending the gift of time
to help us move on through
a story the past held true

To truly set me free
I must delve within the cavern
to face the feelings
fear had buried deep within,
to find the forgiveness for myself
that I had denied me,
saying goodbye to a fickle love
long laid to rest,
this too was a test.