Again Poem by alex haywood

Love gnaws on my skin again
Someone has left open
the door to heaven
again
(I am grateful)
Stains of love like sunspots
decorate my heart

Then dawn consumes assurance
doubt like a twin sun
is a daily companion
third in a party for two
it sits with us
(Can I not feel without hurting?)

The face of an angel
unmistakable as a day moon
on a clear summer day
rewards me with tears

Doubt escorted
to the charity ward of my emotions
I wash my soul
spreading the stain
ready for another dawn

November 2006