Grasping at shadows

Catching reflections

Holding onto waters

Breathing

Reliving

Trying to understand

 

The slip of the hand

Lives lived

Friends gone

Loves faded

Not forgotten

Just lessons

On how to forgive

 

Happy and sad

Disillusioned

And mad

Kisses and slaps

Life’s fusions

Confusions

 

Treading softly

Skipping gaily

Pearlescent moments

Juxtaposed with black tourmaline

Nightmares and dreams

 

Jagged edges

Silken pledges

Torn apart at the seams

Dark storms and sunbeams

How can we know what it means?

 

There are no answers

Only questions

Open ended

Undefended

Truth suspended

 

Contradictions

Superstitions

Premonitions

Highs and the lows

 

Living in hope

Of meeting someone

Who knows.

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