Mike Ashkewe

A battered ship upon crushing waves threatening to swallow all
Discarded fragments of what was once cherished lay shattered on cold decks.
Echoes of distant words that warmed the soul now reverberate only bitterness and regret.
Memories of smiles remembered in mirrors reflect sadness and loneliness
Abandoned familiarity without warmth.
A void where a heart once grew, now it slowly begins to decay without the glow of another to share its space.
Blindly sailing into unyielding freezing black seas on tattered sails now traveled alone.
Forward into uncertainty and into a night which may never end.