Just for you

Love finds me
burnt and curled in my shell
my only protection
the words that I can spell

All wisdom lost
all thoughts cast
tired and ill at ease
drained of memory
in lingering doubt

Left within the twilight zone
of make believe
twisted by reality
marked by fear
but still holding on

Courage to carry
but burdened by time
nothing more can I give
except salty tears
and the reasons to live.

? Lesley Roberts