By Sheila Cohen.

Closed eyes, broken glasses,

never mind, abandoned child.

Don’t feel hopeless,

even though,

no sense in life, have I found.

Only fragments of memories,

lost in depths of the unconscious

are there to be put together

in order to make sense of oneself,

but there are no where to be found.

Vanished from myself,

never have I felt so lost in life.

What is there to look for

when there is no past to look back?

Where am I?

So often have I asked myself that question,

wishing someone could answer me back,

but no one seems to hear me,

just the echo of my voice thundering through my mind.

Have I not shouted loud enough?

Have I not been clear enough?

Don’t close your eyes my abandoned child.

I’m sorry to have left you behind,

with no shelter to protect you

from the violence that lives outside.

Now I know how mistaken I was,

but never intended to cause you

the pain you feel inside.

Never give up,

cause even though you have not seen

the collateral beauty there it is in life, it is out there, ready to be found.

Do not get fooled by the appearance of things.

Search for the hidden patterns in nature,

only there will you find the truth.