Volume 2, Number 1 -- January, 1997

JOY

I've taken the photos down
the cards
the letters too
that reminded me of her
I thought then
the pain would stop
it didn't
I've stopped listening
to the songs we shared
Stopped watching
the programs and the films
Then surely
the pain would stop
it didn't
Still
it wracks me
inside and out
a continous beating
from which there's no escape
How do i stop
all that brings the memories
The bits of conversation
The stars in the sky
Even a scent in the air
brings her flooding back
a tidal wave in my mind
drowning me
in a love I've lost
I know that someday
maybe soon
maybe not
the pain subsides
Withdraws like an animal
after eating it's full
on a ravaged corpse
And from that
life
possibly
I may yet live again
time will tell
the way will appear
Till then
the pain continues
always at my side
prodding me
mocking
laughing
At a joke
i haven't been told
A sublime humor
i'm not in on
Perhaps it's best
one must experience grief
before joy
Emptiness
before fulfilment
I'm still here
waiting
Just beyond hope
yet not hopeless
Thinking maybe
someday
I'll get the joke
and we'll all laugh
at these silly little lines
with which i seek comfort
Yes
Maybe
Someday
the dead will rise
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