Widow

Sunshine, greyed
By the black veil that waved a silent goodbye from his back

She howled with the wind that swept her off her feet
And begged the sky that poured, with weeping pleads
An unanswered cry
That was met by the rain of a thousand knives

Vanishing into the distance, a shadow with blood-red in its palm
A gaping wound in her chest
Her knees abandoned her body, she fell
The pain numbed by the cruelty, of a fatal farewell

Love fought to echo
But the vast gravity of the heavens
Pinned it down in her shell

Days became nights and darkness prevailed
Un-repairable heartbreak in its wake
A wandering soul mourning the pasts of a lost world
Their world, her world

The glass from her broken heart
Shattered her spirit
Until all the pieces of her life were torn down

Embraced by the yearning earth where he lay
A slight of solace was found
And her body sacrificed itself and fed love into the ground

By Kiri Gray ©

Nothing Less

When the shadows loom, the light in your golden eyes keeps me safe
So let me be your dream catcher, I will capture your nightmares and strangle the little tortures that try to infect your mind

You are my savior; I shall never let you go blind
If they try and haze your vision, take mine. Have mine.
My world is a spring of abundant love, where the petals of beauty bloom free
I do not need sight to see the beauty in thee

Who knew the addictive agony of love, is the sacrifice of selfishness?
Even after the disagreeing fork tongued fights
Still, warrior mode, I am at your side
I’d take place as your passenger if that were the terms & conditions of the ride

When the doubtful judgements deflate my beliefs, you breathe whispering kisses of reality, back into my dreams
So let me keep you alive, and paint your happiness yellow
I will spend all my nights decorating your starless skies
Until you look up and gaze the heaven you imagine all the time

And if you long for warmth in the blistering breeze of winter
I will set my heart on fire and hold your hands to my chest

And when you think the shady world has no love left.
I will give it, infinitely. Nothing less.

By Kiri Gray ©

My latest piece – A Poet’s Soul

It’s been a little while since I posted something but I recently wrote a poem for a Wordjar E-Book titled ‘A Poets Soul’.
Please make sure you check it out and you can download for free too: