Extremes

Loneliness, like a thick, imposing cloud

ensnares, encloses and lingers.

Like a smothering blanket

Trapping all traces of hope

Is there no way out?

Rejection, like a sharp, poisoned arrow

pierces, contaminates and destroys.

Like a gleaming silver dagger

it tears your heart apart

Can you stay alive?

Love, like a simple, gentle flower

grows, blossoms and blooms

Like the eye of the storm

it rests between the two

and makes it all worthwhile.

Loss

My love, like an ancient Grecian pillar,

crumbled, cracked and crashed

like a burned out shooting star

it fell into the abyss

but through the darkness shines light