Paint Joy Unfettered

16 May 2000

Enervated, I breathe life;
slow thought of goodness
to this self.
Aching the loneliness too often, now
I remember, finally,
how long since warm heart
and strong embrace.
My lips whisper the verses
of tear-wrenched songs
that feel too true this moment.
I yearn to lay waste to this pain
wreck havoc with the buried agony
that stings this heart
and demolish each tear
that finds it unerring way into my soul.
All I want
    is love unconditional;
    to have my heart threatened
    with goodness unrelenting;
    to paint joy unfettered
    onto this anguished soul;
    to be blind
    in love with health.
Flayed, my heart lies wated,
yearning once more
for the luminous hope
that love does bear.


© 2000, Tara Tambolleo