At the Statue of St. Joseph


Sitting here
only reminds me of
how it used to be.
When I viewed the world through
rose-coloured glasses
and followed every rainbow.

Sitting here
without you
is like the shattering of glass
and each shard
piercing my heart.

Sitting here
is too painful
for the memories drift back
to haunt me.

So I'll leave.


Written by Anastasia Psaros (c) 1995

Growing up, I went to St. Joseph's Church in NY. As I "blossomed" out of childhood and on towards adulthood, I left behind may of my childish notions about the world. I left a part of myself behind for a time, the part that believed in faeries and magick. When dragged to church one Sunday afternoon, I doodled this on the back of a choir book. Mom almost killed me when she saw I'd taken the book with me to remember the poem...

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