If You Seek Me

You will find me in between the rubble.

You must sift through the tears and the smiles,

cast aside the fears and the trials.

Past the days filled with yearning and the nights with no end

There, I will be; if you seek me.

My mind is pleading for me to say

If you find me will you stay

Will you push away the past

Take my heart and give me yours

Make a promise this will last.

If you can not then let me be

for I have grown accustomed

 to the feel of my company.

Do not cry for me, not a single empty drop

For you are my design

but this will not mark the end of time

Instead shed for those who cannot smile

who cannot face another mile.

For in the end the pain I sustain is a silent solace,

to the recourse of lost lies and bitter cries.

Rejoice in my fate

for my peace is deep

felt like the steeping of tea in warm waters

While others continue to carry the burden of hate

and unforgiven matters.

I release all thoughts, resentments, and caresses

Leaving only the hope of a flame burning steady and bright

It will glow and dance until I am nothing but ashes

My spirit free, body at rest

mind and heart as one.

VML