04.19.12 BEYOND THE BROKEN HEART

BEYOND THE BROKEN HEART

There are a million pieces
Scattered
Blood-covered
Nearly lifeless …

Mutilated
Damaged
Irreparable
They are almost unrecognizable.

Beyond bullets
Beyond death
Beyond an eternity
Of hopelessness
Is nothingness
Is emptiness
Is hollowness
And despair.

Beyond betrayal
Beyond innocence lost
Beyond the lies
Beyond the broken heart
Remains
An undiscovered
An uncovered
An unannounced

Love

That never
Will be found.

© 4/19/12
in memory of
VC, MC, MV
And all our lost innocents

02.04.12 THUNDER

thunder
windows rattle to rainsong
morning serenade

Michelle Balletto-Wooten
2/4/12

11.28.11 I FLOAT AWAY

I FLOAT AWAY

I float away.
I am nothing more
than ashes and atoms
held loosely together
by this skin,
this skin that hides
who I really am.

Skin on a face
neither pretty nor young
and with your look of disdain
I grow older.
With your petty pity
I just
float away.

I float away,
refuse to face the day
the violence
the horror ...
Lock me away
in some ivory tower
I'm crazy,
insane,
cannot see past
the frames of disaster
and panic

so I just ...
float away.


Michelle Balletto-Wooten
11/28/11

09.29.11 moonshine 2

moonshine

one swig will do it
heat the throat and burn the gut
time for another

Michelle Balletto-Wooten
© 9/29/11

09.29.11 moonshine 1

moonshine

a bit of silver
trickles through soft autumn breeze
into her hair

Michelle Balletto-Wooten
© 9/29/11

completion

completion

taking in a breath
Life of the Divine fills me
I am complete

Michelle Balletto-Wooten
© 9-4-11

summer

summer

dry crackling grass
breaking off in summer winds
tears the only rain
...
Michelle Balletton-Wooten
© 9-3-11