A Pledge Of Silk

What's left behind when you lose.

A Pledge Of Silk

I know how to quarrel

I know how to tease

The light that you follow

The lies you believe

 

The freshness of sorrow

The weight of the years

A sliver scaled minnow

Swimming up through the tears

 

Mistakes can be broken

And promise mislaid

A kiss for a token

A choice for a trade

 

Rain brings a solace

To wounds yet to heal

Peace is a mirror

And hope is a shield

 

Your home echoes empty

Your smile cold and dead

And all that you left me

Are the songs in my head

 

-Zoe Richardson (2019)