Free from 
chains of 
suffering despair 
my heart 
once lonely 
once filled 
then broken 
now empty 
I can 
fill it 
but rather 
I’ll let
others drink 
for I
am no 
longer parched 
having once 
been quenched 
that’s enough 

All I do
now is write
love laugh live 
I breathe them 
and be them
and when upon
my pillow I 
rest my head 
at night I
know that I 
am blessed for 
I have fulfilled 
my Creator’s purpose 

I know now
that we two 
are together one 
though years and 
miles and life 
keeps us apart 
I also know 
that despite that
we live one 
life in two 
very different places 
two different ways 
one single purpose 

It is 
these moments 
when cold
moves in
when once 
were warm
memories turn 
brittle when 
even hope 
won’t bring
its thaw
and like 
I suppose 
all creatures 
finding it 
hunker down 
beneath the 
blankets of 
their woe

Sitting here 
watching it
snow I’m
reminded that 
it is 
chilling rain 
much like 
I suppose 
the tears
which once 
fell from 
my eyes 
that now 
dance with 
icy abandon 
having been 
once before 
salty fresh