Grief

Grief...she never stills

She lurks behind curtains of pretense
Preying upon hearts in ruins
Grief..partner in loneliness
Vestige of love long last,
Carrier of memories finite
Grief ...touches my face with love
Drawing curves of a smile
Washed in the moistness of tears.
Grief.. I can't seem to let her die.

Grief...she never perishes
She thrives in my soul's crevices
Slithering in silence.
Raises her hood and strikes
On an ordinary sunlit day.
Filling my veins with the poison of
Love lost and hopeless hope.
Crashing against my defenses,
Vandalising my hardsought oblivion.
Grief..I can't seem to let her live.