mine to keep

 
sadness looms inside my soul
I know not what causes it
lingering in the shade of my sacredness
covered with fragmented memories
sorrow keeps company with me

my love's depth cannot be measured
I ache with it
melancholy feelings tell me all I need to know
keening for the moments lost
I weep in dread

it is my fate
to carry this pain
I give it suckle
feed it my life's essence

emptiness carries me lonely, down the road

alone in the scorn
I am a misfit of the universes
I was sent here to blend in
problem is I don't fit

silence in a smile
carrying my hurt
like I don't know
there's no curing me
I'm not broken