It Seemed to Begin

It seemed to begin
with a smokey haze of mutual love,
a flawless, naked contentment
enclosed them slowly,
lazily,
charmed by the romantic hearts
in love.

Paralysis

The soul
felt a terrible ache,
the years went
slowly numb
in a spread of paralysis,
of shock,
an inward emptiness
in her soul.
Like dead leaves crumpling
to powder,
blown away on the wind.

New Era

Just when you thought
the story
is at an end, 
how lovely. A new era begun:
I am slowly, beginning to delight again
in living,
my heart pouring out, and
my dreams better.