Mister Kelly

 I was lost and lonely, my heart was in shattered little pieces
sent to the four corners of the world like shards of faded light.

I lived in torment thinking
I would never recover
Never function again in a world I had reason to shun.

Daytime became nighttime and yet I lingered in the abyss between them both.

I avoided friends and family,
what did they know of my pain?

Asking for reasons I was given none
asking for answers I knocked against closed doors.

Walking despondently in the rain and wind
of a cold winters night I found you or maybe you found me,
in hindsight, we found each other.

You were as cold and as lonely as I, both of us surviving
in a world that didn’t seem to care.

As I bent to pick you up, you bared your teeth,
Someone else to abuse you
You thought

                    But there, in the rain, both of us shivering we came to
an unspoken agreement.

It was hard at first
both of us skirting around each other, neither of us trusting
or expecting to be trusted.

Gradually, wonderfully, magically
We learnt about each other’s ways

When we were grumpy we gave each other a wide berth.

When you were lonely you came to me
understanding that I would not crowd you,

You would only give me what you could

When I was tired and sore, You came to me understanding
that the tears that fell
were necessary.

I see you now as you lie at the foot of my bed
both of us healed,
both of us looking forward to whatever tomorrow may bring.

The warmth of the sun
The laughter of children ,we walk together you and me.    

If we had never been lost

We would never have been found

We were meant for each other

You and I

Thank you, Mister Kelly

My eyes are tired and so are yours

Tomorrow is another day