Words to describe all that they cared
After the years gone by, long gone
And two children now almost reared.
Twenty they were, those changing years
Love replaced by void, even fears
A house, a high hill, ambitious pride,
A façade, an emptiness, describe it now
A decade ago, anger enough
He quiet, cutting, resentful
She screaming, yelling, throwing,
A vase, abuse, hurt pride
Ten years they have found a half way
To live. To hurt less, to give a say
To the need to express, of each to the other
Superficial is his word. Distant is hers.
Entered in Poetry Australia March 18, 2002
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