She writes
where the silent tears bear, cross
the frontier of thoughts
open, wide,
grasping, gasping
that longing prevails upon a beat
That thuds deep within her chest
That cavity of pain that haunts
drifts upon her sweet face
curls upon the lashes
Holds for a split second in time
Then drips down upon her cheek.

She has weathered much upon life's course
seen the tailwinds bite, felt the raging fire
That dressed her fresh and new
to a different mode of being, seeing
She separated her heart from the world
held back giving free that expression
That eternal want within her bones
To love and be loved.

Sometimes
She seems to let loose a little
those barriers that so hold her promise
caged like a bird, at times she opens
that door to allow the chance of flight
Her hopes aspire, want released, longs the flight
no sooner seen, felt within that heart
the wall starts to shudder, than she grips
and slams shut her expression
For fear she would not survive.

Alisdaire O'Caoimph