A Mother's Love

--For Kim,

Warm, soft breath against her breast,

Swaddled tightly, a love none like the rest.

Unconditional love from first breath,

she’ll never leave him, even in death.

Silently she whispers, calming his fears

her soft hand gently wiping his tears.

Her presence meek but never mild,

for there is no other love like a mother has

for her child.

--Angela Burdett

Time

The cold, bitter, endless wind

blows through the cracks of

this old house. Nothing to shield

against this new friend.

A house that was a home, now

sitting idle with no warmth. The

presence of life lingers, but yet is

only a shadow.

Your spirit lingers and reminds me

of your presence. The flapping plastic against

the windows shield me from the pain.

For its only been a small amount time,

and nothing is the same.

Whispers

Swaying like a whisper in the wind, her tongue

falls silent against his breath. Growing listless

and solemn, the undying flame falters.

He said it was a Tuesday that she left, but

her hardened heart grew cold months ago.

She grasped and crawled to him, calling out

but he only answered with the smooth backside of his hand

striking, like the cold winter wind.

His words echoing, he seems so far away as I watch her

gasp and claw for the last seconds of life as the vile venom

spews violently from his mouth.

Relentless

It comes like a thief in the night

quiet, unknowing, creeping

like shadows from the unknown.

A shadow forms of what once was and

leaves a trail of relentless sorrow

hovering above his bowed head.

He doesn't wait for her

his bitterness like bile

spewing from his wicked tongue.

Soon she will vanish, just a trace of a kiss

left softly whispering against his lips. His tongue

mangled with words of what could have been.

After You

Beyond the gasps and the stillness of breath
He lies in wait, beckoning death. But she does not come.
Her presence too late.

The light pales in silence,searching the shadows.
Desperately clinging between the here and there.
The stillness lifts.
Her silhouette pulling him to the slumbering
softness of the kiss lingering on her lips.

His shadow dredges along the wall,fingers screaming despair.
The tears raining shadows in the lingering air.
She stifles the silence with one finger
and pushes him into the depths of hell.
With Cheshire glee.