she paints...

she paints charcoal wishes with light

as something moves in the wind tonight

and the moon hangs low

as its white-yellow glow

casts a shapeless shadow

over ash-midnight sky

aching hearts wash out to sea in silence

as fear licks her cheek he’s not kissing

too much past in her heart

grow her limbs thin and hard

so her tongue cannot ask

if the dawn means goodbye

when yesterday’s sun shone through old wounds

she knew the time had begun for forgetting

so the fear unravelled

till all she had left

were her unkissed cheeks wet

with winter’s new tears

tears that carve a hole through her smile tonight

as memory mourns the pain she’s not missing

so she paints charcoal wishes with light

as something moves in the wind tonight

and the moon hangs low

as its white-yellow glow

casts a shapeless shadow

over ash-midnight sky

to hold her muffled cries ringing out

in a lonely lullaby

she knows all she can do is let go

© Toni Stuart –2010