fragments remain

fragments remain.
  digging into my soul
    with each whisper,
    with each laugh.
  ripping me apart inside.
    taking me,
    leaving fear and emptiness.

fragments remain.
  once upon a time
    my soul was healed,
    my pain was destroyed
  but today the wound was torn,
    the acid of loneliness
    poured upon my heart.

-Jonathan Johnston


© Copyright 1997 Jonathan E. Johnston


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