" STORMING "

THUNDER RATTLES THE WINDOW PANES -

LIGHTNING VEINS LEAVE SCARS IN THE SKY

SO ALONE AND TIMID -

LIKE THE ROSE TRYING TO KEEP ITS PETALS DURING A WIND STORM

MY PETALS BECOME DETACHED AS I STEP INTO THE EYE OF THE STORM

THE COLD WIND AND RAIN SURROUND ME

SITTING - AS THE CLOUDS TEARS REMIND ME OF HOW ALONE I FEEL

SHIVERING - AS THE WIND SEEMS TO BLOW THROUGH ME - FREEZING MY BONES

I FIND MYSELF FROZEN AS I TRY TO STAND -

MY BODY IS A SILHOUETTE UNDER THE DRENCHED RAGS I WEAR

THE STORM STRIPS AWAY ALL OF MY EMOTIONS . . .

. . . LOVE, HATE, FEAR . . .

I STAND ALONE AS A FLOWER WITH NO PETALS -

I AM JUST A STEM

SOON I SHALL WITHER AWAY IN THE BRIGHT SUN -

THE SAME WAY YOU WITHERED OUT OF MY LIFE -

LEAVING ME HELPLESS AND STRIPPED OF EMOTION

-ANA
10-25-95