Regret

Moments, lost in time eternal;
Never more to be revived –
In a simple flash of time,
Of your love, I am now deprived.

And once, to me, you truly were –
Everything within my being;
Lost, now, it seems, forever –
Before my eyes, now I am seeing;

All that once was and was to be –
Stolen, by a lash of the tongue;
Thoughtless, pointless, words –
Old is the heart that once was young.


Copyright Beth Layne 2008

Seek Within

Today, I saw the light through your eyes-
Buried beneath all the rubble and stone
Waiting with anticipation to be released-
And through the world, its brilliance grown.

A Healer’s energy within you, I feel-
Powerful beyond many masters of healing-
Why then, do yourself, not heal-
But instead, cover yourself in armored shielding?

Deserving of all that is you and within you-
Though feeling of all, the least deserving;
Helping everyone around you in some way-
But always, left with a constant yearning.

It is deep within you to discover-
Seek for it with new and different eyes-
Eyes that see within and not without;
It is there, every answer you seek lies.


Copyright Beth Layne 2007