This is the last one for now...the latest poem I've written actually. I think it speaks for itself more than an introduction ever could. Thanks for reading.

~Keri
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“Words Left Unsaid”

My heart’s consumed
With this knocking that refuses to cease
I ask it to quiet
But it resists
Just like me to fight with me

My thoughts are troubled
With this incessant need to reach out
I can live without you
But I don’t want to
Just like me to lose out

I see you
And I say nothing
I watch you
And I know what I miss
Just another day here alone
I’m used to it by now
But it still hurts anyway

My words are caught
In an endless web that refuses to let go
I can’t dance
The rhythm isn’t right
Just like me to step out of sight

My eyes moisten
With the memory of arms around me
Nights never frightened me
With you to chase away the demons
Safe and beloved
Beautiful in darkness
Just like me to remind me
And still have to face reality

I touch you
Imaginary but it’ll do
I reach you
At least maybe my heart will
Just another time I live in daydreams
I’m so used to it by now
But it still hurts anyway
I don’t want to be used to it now
But these words drift away
In offbeat time
Senseless rhyme
And they never get said.

--12/10/04 Copyright Keri S.

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"I will be the answer at the end of the line
I will be there for you while you take the time
In the burning of uncertainty, I will be your solid ground
I will hold the balance if you can't look down

If it takes my whole life, I won't break, I won't bend
It will all be worth it- worth it in the end
'Cause I can only tell you what I know
That I need you in my life
When the stars have all gone out
You'll still be burning so bright..."