Inner Piercing Poem by RoseAnn V. Shawiak

Sadness penetrating barriers of inner peace,
confusing, crushing a sense of self into oblivion.

Satisfying no needs or purpose, turning everything
into self-sacrificing piety.

Inner piercing, cutting quickly, deftly to the core
of being.

All attempts at normalcy are in vain, as memories
claim immediate images, blacking out the future.

Total abandonment fills the already empty place
inside, while rejection rains continually, solidly,
through time.

Wishing to see out the windows of life, can see
nothing but rain trickling down the pane.

Washing the dirt of yesterday, today, into pools,
gathering loneliness inside, hiding from the rain.