ON THE BATTLEGROUND OF LOVE
by K. B. Johnson © Winter, 2005

On the battleground of love, my heart lies, mortally wounded.

The struggle for happiness a failure.

Yet, the anguish to feel is its immortality,
in turn torments my soul.

To the orange sky and the stars of dusk,
I pray the Creator hears my heart's yearning,
for it longs for salvation from its own hollowness.

In my heart's perpetual delirium,
I realize happiness is what I made it to be—a struggle.

To the Creator I implore on my heart's behalf, for the loving grace...
of an angel.


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