BattleWeary

We are limping

Wounded by the

Ravages of a

Love war walking

Back home wholly

Uncertain if home

Is the same

As we left

It battle weary

We take our

Hearts away feeling

The numbness of

Silence we never

Ended you know

Just grew quiet

Perhaps we spent

On each other

What we had

And now pick

Up the pieces

Of what we

Had long ago

StartingOver

A new day

Stands before me

Clear of concern

Like a swimmer

On the blocks

Knowing that soon

I will dive

Headlong into something

That will surround

Me somewhere new

I will swim

In this newness

And emerge on

The other side

To the cheers

Such is love

Such is life

Always starting over

Questions (end of Brandon)

Oh wait did

I could I

Have maybe i

Did perhaps while

Doing other things

I said could

I have said

Maybe I did

Unaware of what

I was doing

Might I have

I think that

I did I’m

Sorry if I

Did did you

Could you have

Did I hear

You right when

You said what

You said when

You said that

These are the

Questions left when

The words die

FinallyOver (the end of Brandon)

Shivering I wait

For the sound

Of you to

Pass swiftly like

A thundering tornado

Which scarred the

Landscape of myself

I’ve slowly forgotten

You your face

Your laugh your

Voice and now

Crawl from beneath

Where I hid

Now that the

Storm of you

Is finally over

HeartSleeve

And now in

The silence of

After I survey

The damage finding

Carnage and my

Own heart once

Again beating on

My sleeve when

Will I learn

Not to lead

With my heart

Using it to

Shield to strike

To hack stab

And scar finding

It there dirty

Bleeding and beating

I pick it

Up and place

It back into

The coffer of

My chest mount

The steed of

My respect and

Trot on to

The next battle