hold me in your heart

hold me tenderly in your heart

like a precious thing

let your eyes open deeply

to the soul in mine

and with a smile or a frown

mirroring mine

let me know you see me

that i exist

out here on the vast perimeters

of wilderness

I falter

there are some who turn away

at the time you most need

to know the ground is safe

can you trust the empty vacant space

that opens up

there is a falling here

so intense and deep

as i surrender to the despair

of distrust

my fear turns your hope to

ashes and dust

and then anger rises

in your eyes

i fear this fire

love has been obliterated for a while

even now

can we still

hold each other’s hearts

tenderly

can we still trust

that all of this hope for love

will not end in

dust