Thanatos of Innocence

With wings outspread beneath a sky of open blue serenity,
I breathed the air of freedom’s might above a world of infinity.
My fledgling soul untried by strife strode on heaven’s boarder,
Ascending far beyond the reach of chaos and disorder.
Then moving fast with fearsome might a cloud of cold descent,
Dispersed darkness on my back while I was innocent.
Falling with force to the hard black dirt a part of my childhood died.
But powerless against the kiss of betrayal, in fear, I never cried.

Father is Gone

The moment was silent and frightfully still.
I peered at his coffin beneath the small hill.
There was no brilliant epitaph.
There were no great words on his behalf.
There were only widow’s tears
That served to hide a daughter’s fears.
I remembered my father in days that passed.
Like a massive anchor cast my heart sank painfully fast.
It was like I were beneath earth’s weight
Behind an awesome heavy gate.
It was in his empty fabricate smiles
Sorrow hid in my life’s miles.
Though the sunshine rested upon me
And warmed my shoulders tenderly
A somber grey clouded my mind
Leaving little memory of him behind.
The secrets me and my daddy shared
Rested lost in a little girl angry and scared.