rendition

Unspoken words
Rend the heart
Locks the mind
Only wrath remain

Unsheathen swords
Pierce the hearts
Robs the mind
Only joy is slain

Thoughts untoward
Blind the heart
Veil the minds
Only leaves a strain

Leave the card
Bind the hearts
Crippled mind
Only left with pain

Smile again
Never mind
Mended hearts
A brand new start.

graveless

Measured footfalls
Step by step
Past the stairwell
The widow wept

On to remains
The empty husk
In hand a spade
For morbid task

Vacant stares
Almost indignant
All the same
Yet each one different

Grab the ankle
Heave and raise
A mindless job
Devoid of praise

Up and over
The rising heap
Almost silent
The final sleep

Pour the oil
Light the fire
Put to flame
The mangled spire

Burn. Burn.
Burn away.
Mayhaps in time
We find our way.