Comfort In Sadness

when will longings
give way to longevity?
forlorn hearts
do tremble in fear,
my love
for we both are lost
in the fear of losing

certainty tints a marked eye
in a pale world of shadows,
my love
it blots a spot yet seen

still
why do we
mourn in our laughters
and seek comfort
in sadness?

-june 18th 1999