Don't

Why do I always expect you to ask me not to go?
and why does it hurt so much when I see you shut me
off?
Its such a simple thing to do, but when I feel your
absence
even in minute ways. It makes my heart clench.
It feels like misery is coming to stay.
Chills of winter traverse my spine and I stare in
surprise..
I'm always surprised.
Stupid stupid girl.
Always hoping you wont go.
I can never bring myself to do it.
I try to be more like you.
Easy come, easy go.
But even when the words are spoken, my fingers refuse
to 
pull that plug.
I'm afraid the feeling of absence will devour me and
drag me 
back into the dark, 
When the warmth of your love makes me feel whole.
Don't leave again, don't shut me down.
My heart is begging you.
You cant hear the screaming, or the paralyzing ache.
You just turn me off and let me die.

Longing

Love sails
On
Never-ending wings.
Gliding towards the heart,
Instigating giddy laughter and
Nurturing mind and body with
Gilded pleasures.

Mombassa

Never to be pooled or dammed
Craving its southern destination.
Flowing, running, raging with desire,
you can only follow the winding course,
traversing wild Kenyan plains.
Tapping its energy, we cannot stop it. 
We can barely contain its wild essence as
we foolishly try to bend it to human bidding.
Urgent, desperate, seeking its home.
Run along side, and cheer its passing..
"This water, lives in Mombassa".

~Sylence Campbell ~

*Can be found in the book "The Sounds of Sylence" from Crystal Dreams Publishers*