Poetic Doses: Brave Soul / Cold Shoulder

#365daysofpoetry Day 5

To the brave soul ...

Who scoured the hidden
Chambers of my heart;
And charted my unknown scars
In the pale light of a single dusk ---

Thank you.

I am much braver because of you.

Cold Shoulder

Who knows what lies
Behind her eyes' dark wells;
Or why there is palpable strength
Lurking in her veiled silence;
How those pursed lips cut
Deeper than the sharpest tongue;
That many have retreated
With barely a flick of her finger.