By Ali
Date: 2004 May 21
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Cobwebs of the Soul

Old memories
Are cobwebs
Of the Soul--
A spine-kissed feeling
Almost impossible to shake.
I know countless songs about ghosts,
Faces that surface
From the depths of a dream--
And when it's all too real,
I just can't look at you.
Hearts don't forget--
People do.  Willing victims
To the war of words, costumed
In honor in an effort
To hide the fear.  I know your faith
Is shaken, deeper than I even go,
And my soul is the cause of such chaos--
But too much has become memory now.
I know this is no longer my fight,
And there is more than my heart
Seething as a casualty, but I
Can't help but feel
Soft memories now laced with sorrow--
Old memories that shiver, cobwebs,
Like unreletenting whispers
Surrounding my soul.