Acumen

Not sure what sparked this any more.

Hands stretched out

Across miles and miles

Smile seen only in thought

Change muted and cold

Trials and tribulations

Conquered over last year

Still I hold you quite dear

Sacrifices metered and bold

All in all wonderful times

No palace, no rooms of gold

More worth found within

A battered yet beaten frame

Pain and sadness never leave

Learned from then moved past

A simple gesture, an ear open

Able to put the pieces together again

Intimacy without a single touch

Far better than the few before

Those that would say one thing

Only to reverse course suddenly

Not flustered by it all

Greater goal still with purpose

Giving more than most any would

Deserved by the jagged history of you

Just as Icarus was fated

To lofty the whole has become

Laurels make poor rest stops

Words can lift only so long

Stabbing deep, a pain inside

Not familiar as wounds of old

Hope for so much not of mine

Mass still crushing, tight and unrelenting

Engrossed in words unspoken

Reading between the lines you wrote

Finish line moved further away now

Stumbling a bit despite intentions

Shadows creep in, cross my mind

Dark energies alive and hungry

To feast upon impending sorrows

Unsure of my direction again

No blade pierces my body

Lest I placed it by my own hand

Echoes of my past stab true

Sharpened over time by my neglect

Weather this storm I will

Fare unseen, but course still laid

Connections made still precious

Smiles etched into memory

To be free of this tepid dream

Not as daunting as it seems

To choose which demons perish

Lesser of two evils nested inside

Choose not for my own

Choose for your own path ahead

At least I got respectful response

Warning to a potential demise

Time flows on, life still prevails

Emotion rarely change over time

Barricades exist, blocking progress

Tomorrow is but another day

Reviews

[Alex Ryder]

It sounds like a breakup poem, albeit with much more skill than your typical breakup poem. Anyway, it's quite good.

[Wynter Ignatius]

You are very correct there Alex - As I said in another review you gave I have always taken to the pen when negativity creeps into my life and got it out, healing in the process. Lately I have seen my life sprinkled with positive thoughts and emotions and I am slowly letting them take the reigns more often.