Lacunae

Lacunae spaces

Speak to me of nights we connected

Only later to fall off the high wire

As the net that contained us snapped

Waking me with a start

Your loving face transformed to angry mask

Were can I hide

When the sugar coating has come off

And your demons are seeking a fight

Erecting an electric fence with a warning sign

Keep out

Suddenly I become the enemy

Then the fall through space

With nothing to hold onto

Why didn’t I just allow myself to let go

Instead of clinging on for dear life

Maybe these are just the lessons we have to learn

Enough pain may be the only way we effect a change

And then the empty space of the lacunae

Become both

Our suffering

And our healing place