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I scampered up the steps fully expecting to find a soul alas unlocked

instead I find in its place another emotion to its aid has flocked

what name for disappointment can I veil my eyes with so

I won't soon be discovered

and how long will it be until they ( my eyes)

have properly recovered

I'm just not so certain though that I possess the

proper words to adequately express my unforgiving grief

thoughts pinned to a moment by one's shocked mind are

unusually quite pale, bloodless and brief

I was never permitted even once to face the possible fear that

you would not want me to see

the fact that you were not the same but part of you still missed me

the isolated part that could never allow itself to be

there all alone facing the wall

the part that remembers the sounds and silences of the dead as well

as a wounded soldier's call

slowly, I came back to myself just as into your awaiting arms I crawled

know that I loved, hated and forgave you all at once in

that very instant as I wailed, screamed and bawled

you could not know my heart break and the happiness

that filtered through its chambers once so fatally flawed

all the while into your own half healed heart my soft sobs of joy sawed

in that very second you loved me as a whole man should

for all the waiting, wanting, worrying and weeping I

did as not (just any) woman would

for I find that I love you more now with your battle

scars, bruises and all

and nothing negative in our past

ever occurred as far as I can recall..........

( written Jan. 30,1993 am)