Her mind ponders,
Overwhelming her
Like the debilitating heat of the desert
where the tumbleweeds fade away and die
before the glassy sun burns away a lifetime of crystals,
The glistening waters of the high seas
So far away, a place
where the vultures roam.
She looked around but you weren’t anywhere...
You used to say that you would never die,
But she took the wrong meaning into her heart.
Her sea rages wildly with despair,
Deep blue like the blue depths of the ocean,
A sapphire blue.
Then there’s the place where all God’s children rest
When they’re stuck at a crossroad.
She saw you there.
You and her, sisters of nature,
sisters of heaven,
and sisters of earth
Your usually calm,
But your sweet eyes grew full of tears,
Bitterly falling one after one into a river,
then the river of your life turned red in blood.
Her eyes watched in horror.
Slowly and deadly your heart became poisoned,
But what could make you so blind,
That you disappeared without saying good-bye,
Not a word came out of your mouth.
You became like desolation in its grave
When once the night sky was a realm of stars
And the sun shone brightly in summer skies
You were there to share the calmness
But now she stands here
in midst of the tall grass
And only the heat of the desert
remains.
Shayna Butcher
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/crossroads-24/
