Suddenly the world crashes
The sky is getting darker
With every breath I take
Where are you?
Where have you gone?
Me drinking; laughing
You de-rooting lives; packing
Laughter stopped short
Shattered
Fine glass falling to the floor
Piercing
Rich wine flowing in between
Confusion
A day too late
A lifetime ends
How can a new one start?
An eagle tethered to the ground
No words no goodbyes
Only memories
A lake, a rock, warm summer, hay
Racecars, Christmas, the moon, snow, stars
Pain
Slow healing
Anger
So useless now
Friends
Skis, cold, confusion
Horse, window, fleeing
Searching, no answers
Scissors, picnic table, lake again, airport
Anger again, more pain, and throughout are the daisies
No thinking now, keep your mind busy
Who am I?
Who are you?
I know who you are
You are soft blanketed in strength
You are silent looks and happy words
You risk, dare, yet are safe, protecting yourself
Pulling back yet trying to reach out
No pain yet no weakness
Must stay tough
You are confused
No one to run to now
A lost bird that realizes the way home
Yet cannot spread its wings
The cage is closing in; trapping
You’ve seen it before
Go now it will be too late
Fly my little bird fly
You must fly
Wherever you will go
How far you will go!
Always take a daisy with you
And remember me, and the daisy filled years
What did I do?
But how could I have known?
The harshness, the unconsiderability
The secrets, and goading, and anger
Dark clouds smother everything now
The blackness is seeping in; thick oil
Smothering
Floundering
Sucking quicksand, pulling, drowning
Swirling mud
A daisy falls from somewhere above
The petals partially pulled
Floating; soaring to the ground
How did it find its way into this miserable mess?
White against black, a last hope, one wish
No.
White gets sucked into black swirling mass
Swallowed.
Gone.
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