"FACINGFACES 2002 - 04" SELECTED POETRY

BATTERED

Words rain down upon a battered heart
too weak to take a stand
too tired to voice an opinion
and much too fragile to walk away.

She holds onto the dream of peace
like a chalice deliberating her future
coffee stains taking the place
of the warm hands she craves.

She holds onto her thoughts
with a thread of unspoken conviction
as his terror demands she listen
but she can't hear him anymore
her ears are deaf for her protection
her heart is wrapped safely
behind a wall that even he can't climb
Though he placed it there,
brick by brick.


*starshine*
USA
copyright 2002