One Heart - A Thousand Voices

11.12.82

I  must  leave

my  silent  friend,

for  we  cannot  speak.

I  must  go  far  away

and  leave  my  thoughts

dreamt  deep.

All  my  dreams

and  my  desires,

never  to  come  true.

I  will  keep

inside  my  heart

far  away  from  you.

So, you  see, my  friend,

The  Reason

is  just  You.

For  if  I  opened  all  my  heart,

it  would  frighten  you.

I  didn't  want

to  bring  you  hurt.

That, you  must  see.

I  only  wanted

the "you  and  I"

to  become  a  "we."

But  still

the  "we"  is  broken

into "you"  and  "I."

I  will  leave  you,

my  friend.

This  is  my  good-bye.

I  will  climb

the  highest  hill

and  sacrifice  my  soul.

I  hope  you  understand,

my  friend,

why  it  is  that  I  must  go.

11.23.82

Often

I find

part of you

hiding in myself.

A movement

or thought

so familiar

it brings tears.

And I remember

the happy times.

Before the

harsh reality.

It hit me so hard.

I shouldn't have been surprised.

But I was.

And how it hurt.

You never

comforted me

or told me

how wrong I was.

Often

I think of you,

how the fall came

and blew away everything I had ever

cared about.

Winter has come.

The chill has not yet reached my heart.

But it will not be long

for everything else

is set in ice.