Crushed Again

You promised hope, home, and love.
We harbored same dreams.  Our holds
full of love, we plotted destiny
(unaware of the gathering storm).

You've left little but shattered vows.
The frame of my life empties cold.
My beaten heart and mind hold back
tears.  My children sob to lose again.

You gave us nothing, then took our all!
Hard truth scours my heart.  Still, 
beliefs heal over.  All is not foul.
Th storm will punish, but also pass. 

-dalton perry

with Conastance Ambrosini (“Untold Lies and Emptiness)

and Neddy Lynch (Crushed)
9-30-84