Security Blanket

14 June 2004

Deep in the corners of my mind
Are threads of severed ties
Bonds that suddenly were untwined
Into broken gasps and inward cries

Lurking back there in the dark
Are dreams and fantasies of love
Free and swooning as the lark
Yet sweet and devine as the dove

There somberly awaits the hand
That holds with fear, the key
That can lock the door on that demand
And let no love escape from me

All my pain I'll store in there
And forget about my dreams
All my passion and my care
Are carefully sewn into seams

I'll make a blanket for my protection
And hide it behind that door
Recover the frays of bitter reflection
And build with them the weaving's core

The anguish that I've suffered through
Will serve to me as thatches
The resentment that I've numbered few
Will be my quilt's dark patches

And with my needle I will bind
The squares of my heart's bitterness
And all the anguish that I will find
Will fill the void and emptiness

The thread I took from my own soul
To create this needed comfort
For when the love of other's fail
I'll hide beneath my security blanket

Tanya LeeAnn