Saline Comforting
Skating thru life on a frozen memory,
a mirror pond of icy regret
Blaming shadows for the clinging, cold misery —
no reason given why he left
Just an empty place remains,
a hole in the heart
Smiling still face inside a silver locket,
picture that punctures
You loved those engaging conversations;
the prickly sweet teasing, low-cooing lip squeezing
Now it’s just an echo chamber
of fallen tears ... sullen sound
of a hollow, tarnished ring
With naked desire,
you perversely bathe in saline comforting
Cool, wet sadness so soothing
Do a pillow dive drown each night,
suffocated thoughts in the dwindling light
Mourning cries heard every dawn,
misty grieving you arise
Only lonely sheets take pity on your plight
Unbidden tears mired in Rx reverie,
pharmaceutical relief only can give you sleep
Drowsy escape from the pain ...
suspended animation from the emotional suffering
Unrequited love leaves a permanent stain
So soothing is this liquid sadness,
it lets you fall deeper from a hurtful reality
Saline comforting is how you dream,
always hoping
tropical tears will melt this frozen memory
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