the loss of longing

longing sometimes drowns

within a pool of tears

silenced by the deaf ears

of those who standing near

taught us only to fear

this

being alive

no wonder we cried

and even more

when those tears were never dried

burying the truth of how we felt

hiding away our longing

locking it deep inside a metal box

with a sign that said

forbidden

so now that we are breathless

from the missing of it

now that we must live

denying it

where does longing go

and how does it show

to us the truth

of what we did

so very long ago

sad to say

we lost the way

to we really are

deep inside our hearts

ransoming the truth

paying the most terrible price

of losing our way

to longing