Laughter
from a distance
echoes an
Intimacy
long-passed
*
Peace
drifts from within
to somewhere
outside
in sorrow
*
Be still
I know
and yet within
is solitude
unnerving
*
There is
a quiet sadness
within me
that is
unknowable
*
Undeniable
unsolvable
unyielding
unbending
unquenchable
*
And yet
there remains
Hope
however illusive
it holds me