I Thought

I thought I saw you
          walking down the street
          driving in your car
          slipping around the corner

I thought I heard you
          in an infant's cry
          in the gently falling rain
          in a quiet stream

I thought I saw you
          in the light of the day
          in the dark of the night
          in the mirror of my dreams

I thought I heard you
          calling out in a fever
          whispering in the eye of the storm
          in the rustling of the autumn leaves

I thought I saw you
          reflected in a drop of rain
          in the blooming of a rose
          dancing along the edge of a rainbow

I thought I heard you
          in a beggar's sorrowful pleading
          in a symphony of absolute silence
          in the shattering of a broken heart

I thought
          once
          long ago
          we were lovers




©2011 Michael Shelby

Forever Broken

Dead 

inside

heartbroken

so many times

missing pieces

until 

finally

not enough pieces

to mend

never again

whole

never again

broken

© 2011 Michael Shelby