ASUNDER

Asunder we stood
Near a decade ago
Years passed slow
Contact sporadic, low.

Two main items on the table
Primary children that were able
Most difficult support debatable
The puzzle of life, time unsolvable.

Eventually dreams of hope
To despair and ashes turned
Reality set in, where to turn
History repeated once again.

Now a tacit truce
Of necessity forged
Convenient togetherness
The burdens mine no less.

Herbert Holzbauer
© April 2009

Midi: “Heimatlos”
(Homeless)
(Freddy Quinn)
(geld-fuers-nichtstun.de)

Graphic: “Asunder“
Artist: Scott M. Johnson
(scottmjohnson.com)