For What it's Worth

How I wish that I could be for you

the faint, gentle breeze

that softly kisses your skin,

tempting a tentative smile

from your heavy heart.

Or be the heat-hardened earth

that soaks up your every terrible tear,

silently bearing the weight of your world.

If I could be 

I would be more than

the silent shadow

of shallow promises,

more than the colourful blur

of fast-falling dreams

and I would breathe in

all the dark that deadens your desires

and breathe out a whisper

that rises 

until it rings clear

above all the noise

that ever brought you down.

If  I could be, I would be

but I hope that for now,

it's enough for you

just to know that I am.

Reviews

[Ghostshell]

I love how you use elemental imagery. This is my favorite bit:

"...the heat-hardened earth
that soaks up your every terrible tear,
silently bearing the weight of your world"

[Nishant Gupta]

nice one read mine too "QUEST OF LIFE"