Sorrow for a Stranger

"Loneliness echos inside my hardening heart
Seek out my wings or I shall perish to dust"

The words thundered in his mind
two solemn, somber, dreadful lines

He wondered who had left them there
on the transom, above his stairs

He was aware of noone here
who's pain could fill him with the fear

That echoed in those lonely words
though never spoken, clearly heard

He wondered if they'd never loved
as he stood there looking up above

The doorway to his humble home
where someone once felt so alone

He wanted more than anything
to help them find their missing wings

He felt in earnest standing there
this stranger's burden, his to share

But sadly with no place to start
he cradled his own heavy heart

And mumbled as he strolled inside

"Your wings cannot forever hide"
"Your heart,not turn to stone"
"Your pain one day, will go away"
"This was not your true home"

"In heaven where we all get wings
you too will get some."




This was written for a contest on "The Poet's Sanctuary", one of my absolute favorite places on the web. The first line was provided and had to be somewhere in the poem, the rest is all me.