STONEWALLED

It stops me
cold and smooth
along my hands
tracing the road 
where I lost 
my song

No mask can cover everything

The day she left
me in the bog
Reeds and grass and duckling nests

A childless mother
A motherless child
We followed in circles

And then she left
Her voice gone silent
screaming

Go away don't leave me

And that is what I do
In between the bargaining
That rolls and twists
A gambled prayer

Dear God
I will if you will...

No mask can cover everything
The tears leak through
A wall stands down

We are the wound that left itself

Unhealed

She left no place
for me to be
Go away don't go

I do my best
to stay