Love Poem: Tangled Vines
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Written by: Russell Smith

Tangled Vines

The ancients said, “The heart holds the soul”

But who can know the home of my being?

Am I to believe the words of the dead?

Or shall I search myself from within?

Now you are gone, the pain is surreal

Introspection may well be naught

I look within myself to find

A way to climb back from the abyss

Find my pain and the answer will be clear

My loss is as tangled vines running deep

Crushing soul and choking spirit

My heart holds the pain and slowly dies

Grasp the vines tightly and begin the climb

Back to myself as I try not to fall

The dead may hold the truth after all

7/12/13