I lacerate my heart this way
I assuage the lack this way
I assuage the lack this way
I act like a fool when I do this
I find a way when I do this
I forget sometimes
in my sparkling sapphire moments
I don’t remember at times
in my rambunctious ruby rants
I feel joy envelope me
when I am tipsy topaz tickled
My soul stretches and embraces the world
when I emerge entrancing emerald
But there are spaces that are no color
there are moments of quiet alone with the silence
When I leave the demanding world behind
when I re-visit the ghosts I wished I had laid
Then I travel in time again
I haunt the past again
I become a ghost with the others
I hurt and I heal this way.
