"Numb"

This is another of Maieh's latest poems.  - poetheart 12/13/01

Before me, I saw the worst of my fears
In your eyes, I saw the love gone
  as though fire had frozen over
And through it I saw a new flicker
  one beknownst to me,
  causing such unworded pain.
Though I wished to speak,
  as to conquer the defeaning silence
  not a sound was heard.
I could not but face such
  and be left tormented by a lost cause.
Not a tear would flow, not a cry was let out
I remained as though numb,
  uncertain of how to take this all
Then you turned and I could not hold you back
The pain, the loss - it made everything
  all too real.
And I am left to deal with it alone
until such a time I start to feel despair
  and not empty as I do now.

by Maieh

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