It Is What It Is... Poem by Shelley L Baxter

** Starlit
shadows dance
and play in your eyes
almost as fast as they come
the light just goes away.
Fading into an oblivion
of black, cold darkness
wondering what to do?
I lean into you only to find
the light no longer shines
because your heart and mind
are lost in a place that
only you yourself can reach.
A setting high upon a cliff
where there is only room for one
a time when sorrow reflects
on your face and echoes
out of your perfect mouth...
Thus making me long
to hold you and melt away
your pain, shame
and all the
past that has momentarily
stole away your Joy.
This is a day that
'Is what it is.'
Where life is just
endured.


Written in April 2006.