TIMES THAT TRY MENS SOULS

[gunny]

Good morning all, feeling a little better today, not quite as anxious or angry, I guess the feeling will come and go, the proverbial roller coaster.

Came across this poem in a book i am reading called THE WALK OUT WOMAN. The author is Dr. Steve Stephens.

WALLS

THEIR WEDDING PICTURE MOCKED THEM FROM THE TABLE
THESE TWO WHOSE MINDS NO LONGER TOUCHED EACH OTHER
THEY LIVED WITH SUCH A HEAVY BARRICADE BETWEEN THEM
THAT NEITHER BATTERING RAM OF WORDS
NOR ARTILLERIES OF TOUCH COULD BREAK IT DOWN

SOMEWHERE BETWEEN THE OLDEST CHILDS FIRST TOOTH
AND THE YOUNGEST DAUGHTERS GRADUATION
THEY LOST EACH OTHER

THROUGHOUT THE YEARS THEY SLOWLY UNRAVELED
THAT TANGLED BALL OF STRING CALLED SELF
AND AS THEY TUGGED AT STUBBORN KNOTS
EACH HID HIS SEARCHING FROM THE OTHER

SOMETIMES SHE CRIED AT NIGHT AND
BEGGED THE WHISPERING DARKNESS TO TELL HER WHO SHE WAS
HE LAY BESIDE HER, LIKE A HIBERNATING BEAR
UNAWARE OF HER WINTER

ONCE, AFTER THEY HAD MADE LOVE
HE WANTED TO TELL HER HOW AFRAID HE WAS OF DYING
BUT, FEARFUL TO SHOW HIS NAKED SOUL
HE SPOKE INSTEAD OF THE BEAUTY OF HER BREASTS

SHE TOOK A COURSE ON MODERN ART
TRYING TO FIND HERSELF IN COLORS SPLASHED UPON A CANVAS
COMPLAINING TO THE OTHER WOMEN ABOUT MEN
WHO ARE INSENSITIVE

HE CLIMBED INTO A TOMB CALLED "THE OFFICE"
WRAPPED HIS MIND IN A SHROUD OF PAPER FIGURES
AND BURIED HIMSELF IN CUSTOMERS

SLOWLY, THE WALL BETWEEN THEM ROSE, CEMENTED BY
THE MORTAR OF INDIFFERENCE

ONE DAY, REACHING OUT TO TOUCH EACH OTHER,
THEY FOUND A BARRIER THEY COULD NOT PENETRATE
AND, RECOILING FROM THE COLDNESS OF THE STONE
EACH RETREATED FROM THE STRANGER ON THE OTHER SIDE

FOR WHEN LOVE DIES, IT IS NOT IN A MOMENT OF ANGRY BATTLE,
OR WHEN FIERY BODIES LOSE THEIR HEAT
IT LIES PANTING, EXHAUSTED
EXPIRING AT THE BOTTOM OF A WALL IT COULD NOT SCALE

Very sad, and in many ways, pretty descriptive of what happened in my m. Many of us are probably living sitchs similar to what is described here. Apparently, the gentleman who wrote this was able to reconnect with his w, lets hope we all get the same chance. Comments anyone?