Never another step of strength <br />Shall pass my door while I am with you <br />You are more powerful now <br />So take flight <br /> <br />I miss strength <br />Before the march of red <br />Took all I was worth <br />Plunge a knife in the open wound <br /> <br />Did I once stand guard <br />Above my all <br />Watching as the walls turn to paste <br />No reasons left here to defend <br /> <br />A mix of the purest <br />Counts me out <br />I am fertile and that is all <br />A laden waste <br /> <br />So reach me while my heart still throbs <br />Crack the lid on my tomb <br />Let the light seep back <br />A fractured bone I am.<br /><br />Cheryl McDonnell<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/gryphon/
