HEART WRENCHING

My eyes scan over the lines,
each line increasing my consternation,
Each line increasing my emotions more.
In the poem I can see a kindred spirit,
a tortured soul, tortured needlessly.
A part of me wants to reach out and help them,
to take their hand, to hold the kindred spirit's,
and to keep them from suffering forevermore.
But I know
that I am too busy with my career, and have no time for it,
and can do no such thing.

Copyright ©2006 Ashi Shadow 12/27/06 on Amelie Sa-vara without the dash at Poetry.com