Moments to remeber

Solitude,
it has no sound
yet I hear it quietly creep in
this is all I own
and it surrounds me

This is mine to keep and tender
to grow, develop and render
It never moves nor alters shape
nor stray to far
it has no face
yet it smiles, nay laughs
all day at me
it can and does because it's free

Fear is all I have
next to solitude
it's mine I own it
it found me
so I keep it
because it was free
the benefits are few
but at least I have something
do you

The dark is near
the light is to
it's just another side
a view
look and see
it's clear
not close not far but near
it's one or the other
it has no sound
yet it lays loudly all around

Pain
it keeps me going
it won't let go no matter what
it does not fight
nor speak to me
it isn't cold
nor weak but free
and always there

Smiles I have for everyone
from long ago when I was young
now it isn;t any more
it flew away
and further more
it isn't bright
nor a shiney light
and though I try in every way
my smiles refuse to break today
I would catch them if I can
if I were a man

Tears I have that come and go
they drip and drop with speed they flow
down my face
and out the door
as in a race
a tender mess
they fall as soft as her caress
yet they belong to only me
and I will never set them free
unless you want to share them to
some for me and some for you
those moments I remember

Terry