Too Far Away

I can't explain it to you, or even write it down,
As my cold temper wraps itself all around us
And coveted words collect on the shelf like dust.
Hard to believe that the good will prevail all around.

Like a thief in the night I'll still tiptoe around
This mediocrity and love that hurts so much,
Trying to find the reasons to want to clutch
What is only leaving scars and tears and frowns.

There aren't words for yet things we need to say.
Instead silence catches these dark corners of my heart,
And the words pile up and harden like clay.

We continue like this tomorrow, today;
The abyss divides us even farther apart.
You can't hear me now; I'm too far away. I'm too far away.

08.22.15
©Kerri L. Stanley

Loneliness is a Mirror

I have been looking for it
The redemption in the brokenness
That seems to shadow your life
To understand the reasons
Behind your actions and decisions
I have been seeing it
The secrets you can't hide
Whispering in the wind
Covering up the cold truth
Trapped within your conscience
I have been hating it
The lies that shape your being
A lonely soul clinging to false hope
Avoiding the mirror
That recognizes what it doesn't want to see

08.02.13
©Kerri L. Stanley