Saturday, April 19, 2025

Dust and Ashes

 One day, our eyes met

And our souls danced and rejoiced

Singing "my loved one is found again!"


Never have I felt so safe and protected 

Never have I felt so complete

Never have I felt such pure joy

And my days couldn't be any sweeter 


My heart would beat at the pace of your voice 

And the thought of your touch 

Was an avalanche of heat and storms


In my thoughts, there you were

And in my dreams, you still are


But my dreams no longer bring comfort 

They're just a memory of shattered hopes

They taunt and torture me 


Love was ripped from it's cradle 

Twisted inside out

It became the torment of my hours

And all joy has turned sour 


The beauty of the shine of stars offends me

The kindness in strangers angers me

Everything that's pure and gentle

Just a reminder of all that I no longer have 


In darkness I stumble and fall

Bruises and cuts and scars everywhere 

I'm a shadow of my soul

And I don't know where it's at 


There's only dust and ashes

The morbid corpse of what once was

The most precious belonging

I never really had.


Livia Louback