'Shattered'

I see my future as if it were my past
Remembered fondly yet wished for expectantly
I've searched to find that special someone
Not knowing that I searched at all
Blind-sided...distracted...led astray...betrayed
Each time like the hopeful
Each time like the fallen
I've searched for happiness not realising I searched
Gave my heart to the slaughter
Never blindly...yet burnt
Bits and pieces of a battered soul struggle against the tide
of hopeless despair
While darkened shadows bathe my eyes with indistinct murmurs
flooding my mind
If only true love was a single breath away
I'd inhale it slowly...afraid to exhale."

by Tarin Glenn-Brown (7/4/2009)