Dreaming of Silver Roses

Fairy tale stories

We were young and dreaming

All of us

We were all for believing

The best was yet to come

We would have a home

A place to belong…

Then you were gone

A decade late

Now you show concern

You mean well

You share the lessons you have learned

You “protect”

But I’m outside your reach

Broken trust…

Now I’m not the one you seek

Promises made

We were young and dreaming

Just we two

I was for trying and believing

I called out loud

The deafening silence screamed

You weren’t listening to me.

A decade late

Now silence fills your ears

Unbroken by

Our laughter or our tears

You reach out

It’s a void that’s debilitating

But you weren’t there…

Now I’m not the one you seek.

Fairy tales

Flooded with “Happily Ever Afters”

Full of peace

Being wanted and joyous laughter

Even if there were tears and sorrow

There was together…so I believed

But they were just words

And now they have helped create this “me”.

Decades later

I am the wicked witch

The one who only looks out

For me and my own “itch”

I am the one who protects “mine and me”

And I feel your shock and awe

Because I’m not the one you seek.

For so long you let your silence speak

Now I’m not the one you seek.

Filed under: poetry on August 14th, 2010