in the spirit of love

i waded in the pools

both shallow and deep

i floated on the seas

where lustful transgressions drown

i have walked on the shores

inside all the love poems

where only fantasies

can entwine

the monograms

carved on a tree

for forbidden lovers

hidden in reality

i have languished from the secrets

poured into lakes of silence

where the whispers freeze

into smooth gray slate

turning my spirit

into pellets of sleet

that ripples the glass

shattering

the serenity

07/08/2011

Author's Note: This was retitled and was formerly called "Breaking".The next to last line was also changed from breaking to shattering.

Posted on 07/08/2011
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