HOPING

Where caring and understanding

Once reigned

Resentment and hurt now grow

Seeing you

Brings the pain in close

Memories block

The present time

I try to speak

But you turn away

Not wanting to hear

Afraid of what I'll say

Hope dies

Day by day

My heart falls in pieces

Around my feet

The winds of time blow them away

I chase them

I fall behind

Wondering if I'll recapture them

Again I sit in silence

Waiting for you

Dropping subtle hints

Along the way

Hoping you'll see before it's too late

Hoping we'll learn

To listen and share

Once again caring and trusting

Each other

Letting go of the past

Just being together