Just A Poem Poem by JAMES T. ADAIR

Just a poem
Silence echoed off the walls
and down the halls
From the ceiling to the floor
Heart breaking all the more
Emptiness swallowed up the room
Swept the dust of hopes away
with it's witchy broom
all dreams of one day bride and groom
vanished all too soon
Tried to dial her number on the phone
Realized it's no use and felt more alone
The harshness of the truth is known
alone
alone
Seeds of love so sincerly sown
fragile feelings
love's other half still unknow
carelessly discarded and left to roam
the last butterfly has flown
and it's such a shame
All I can think of is everything I've dreamed
at mere thought of her name
and now I feel the hollow empty game
and the silent burdon of her blame
I see her number but I cannot dial
I think of her for the longest while
imagine most her gentle distant touch
and the dream of her strained delicate smile
Without her love I'm lost and incomplete
But she never realized how much I needed her
so now I try to force my finger to hit DELETE
Struggle to make the severance more complete
The girl I loved so much but will never meet
and then emptiness reverberates from my head to feet
My heart pounds it's empty beat
and the light shuts off on the phone
I die a thousand tortured deaths
and take silent shallow breaths
as nothingness calls me back
to the place where no love is ever shown
But her name is on the marquis
In bright lights my tortured heart must see
a dream I held so long inside of me
won't let me be
Only one end to this poem
Love's heartbreak
Has cut me to the bone
Feel my open heart turning to stone
black hole emptiness
Alone!

James T. Adair 3/23/2010