Love Poem: The Silent Contest Shatters- a Collaboration With Brenda Chiri
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Written by: James Swartz

The Silent Contest Shatters- a Collaboration With Brenda Chiri

In my emptiness there is a silence     
that shatters my thoughts into fragments.                               
When I reach for you, it is hopeless.   

Lost in the morning sunlight                                                       
take my word sang on chord
no lies held as you hold me 

No words needed for this shared
Letting go of all the past, as
I breathe in your strength.

Without the weight of waking
alone in the contest for a soul 
your words hide the poison

A realm within the board where 
passion awaits a winner on one 
end to be the giver for the group

No contest posted in the morning 
make up to be told in the same way 
manners are what kept the fire hot

Like a butterfly without wings. Love, lost,                      
vapor dreams, chronic nostalgia turning                              
in my grave of buried sorrows and regret