Church Companion

His absence she feels 

Her husband who isn't there

Sitting in the pew

She offers up a prayer 

To Him on her other side 

05.12.13
©Kerri L. Stanley

Hope

She didn't tell him what she was thinking 

It seemed insignificant anyway,

To remind him of what he's not bringing,

While her love for him keeps weakening,

And keeps pushing her farther away.

For it finally did die today,

Found courage to be not afraid,

Lost moments in eyes unsmiling,

New plans will be carefully laid.

For her needs she will gladly trade,

For the hope she is now aborting,

Her heart to him she would have bade,

Clinging to the love they had made.

For this love lost in dark abandoning,

A different time when she might have stayed,

If she thought he would have been trying,

She'd stand with him another day.

But she can't stop the tears she keeps crying,

While her thoughts go unsaid, now breaking,

05.12.13
©Kerri L. Stanley

Games

You know these games you play,

They aren't for your victory.

Stubborn pride will drive you

To fracture this heart in me.

The sands of time will fall

Covering the truth they can't see.

Beside the lies you try to hide,

And warnings you refuse to heed.

But one day I will forfeit the game,

From you I will finally be free.

You'll slip on the sand all around you,

And in your life all alone you will be.

05.11.13
©Kerri L. Stanley