This poem was written by my friend, John Marta.
Note from John:
This is a poem I wrote in order to make people realize all that which is ultimately important in our lives. To be loved and probably rescued from the evils that seem to enter our predicaments each and every day. Hopefully you'll take the time to read all of it. If you do appreciate it please let me know.
Her dark timid eyes hide, there in the background
No one can see her, she's learned to do it so well.
She wonders if her heavenly skin will become apparent again
Fears of abandonment are clearly evident.
But still, no one sees her
Jealousy, conceit, hatred are all she's endured.
She feels and is alone.
Behind her though are the eyes of a shattered man
she never thought existed.
Unbenounced to her, he has witnessed and endured all her pain.
Along with this pain he has innocently watched what the world has done to her,
this wonderful creature.
The pieces of his broken heart conjure up thoughts
of whether he should help her.
As he continues to feel and see her pain,
his tears begin to glue his heart slowly back together.
He knows now who she is, he feels her
As she has not even noticed what she has done to and for him.
She is the other half of his broken soul.
Now that his heart has been pieced back together,
He knows he must return, as best as he can, what she has given him.
His once cold starring-hatred-filled eyes now slowly stalk their way out
of that hatred that once surrounded him.
He feels that insecure breathe that she now breathes.
The same one he knew too well.
He has never felt so full of life.
He first stares at her blatently and he fears that his love filled stares will
only
appreciate her fears and make her run off.
He then, in a father-like manner, gently takes hold of her hand
before she can notice who he is.
Trust, misunderstanding, a feeling of unbelievability
first invade her already hatred filled mind.
For reason not understood by even the gods, she sees something quite different
in this man, this human.
She believes him.
And she chooses to explore and make herself completely vulnerable for anything
that may occur.
As tears of sadness flow from her eyes, he guides her and
bottles up these tears that have killed her for all these years.
He promises her that those will be the last tears of sadness
that will ever flow from her eyes and down her cheek forever.
He tells her that she was the one that opened his heart
to feel on tears of happiness,
she knows this now.
One tear flows from each of their cheeks
and as they press to kiss, the tears combine into one.
As the tear glistens, like her now fulfilled soul
They vow to each other that together they can now exit
that garden of hate which still surrounds them,
and forever will.
They turn and gaze into each others eyes.........
He tells her he loves her, without a sound from his mouth........
She knows.
He then hears the same from her in the same manner.......
He knows.
......................No longer one..................
Together as one.....................
They know...................
For infinity and forever