Shades Of Love Poem by THEODORE MOSLEY

Michael looked through his old pictures; tears of love from yesterday engulfed him.

His life made the wrong turn in his emotions as he lifted his eyes towards heaven.

Drifting on the clouds of his mind he sees the torture of love that rested in his heart.

Sharing his time with his daughter Tiana he shields her life from the agony of sorrows that her eyes endured.

Tiana was only three when her mother committed suicide on her birthday.

Tiana's screams are heard on the winds of Michael's mind as he prepares her for bed.

Her mother was her comfort when the night took away her breath.

Engaged in dreams she drifts away to sounds of doors whispering her mother's cry.

Hearing the sound of the night Tiana runs to an empty shell of herself.

Lost without her heartbeat she withdrew her eyes to the grave of her emotions.

Her father holds her in the midnight of her pain to absorb her tears of unknown love.

Michael calls his wife's name out; the love affair with her sheets whispers his name.

Shades of love are shaping Tiana's tears as she drowns in the arms of her mother's silhouette.


Written by Theodore Mosley
May 31,2017