Heartburn by S. Constance Farris

by Sharon Farris Busby on Saturday, April 9, 2011 at 10:52pm

Sometimes at night when silence runs deep

When the rest of the world is snug in its sleep

Then thats when the shadows come creeping your way

With echoes of laughter from some bygone day.

They stir up the memories of days long past

Of friendships and lovers that you thought would last

Buried deep in your heart always to stay

They rush to the surface  with the force of a blast.

The walls that you built to keep the pain at bay

Crumble and fall like so much soft clay

Revealing a soul all naked and scarred

Alone on the stage of your life's long play.

You think of the loved ones who have come and gone

And how they are doing since time has moved on

If the hurts that you caused them have left its mark

If they ever think of you when alone in the dark.

To those I have loved who I may have shattered

Whose heart that I may have thoughtlessly battered

Forgive me for every pain that I may have caused

For in my life every one of you mattered.

And as my youth finally comes to its end

Time marches relentlessy around another bend

I would give anything to see you all again

To say I have loved you and call you my friend.