Soiled Soul
The dirt coats me
by now it is embedded into my pores
How long it’s been there
I know not
Days?
Perhaps years
Rivulets of a thousand heartbreaks
cut pathways through it
I journey miles
in search of a river or stream
to wash it away
But all I’m met with
is a wasteland
littered with corpses
of those who were not strong enough
to travel my path
heavy, as usual…I guess we all have dirt like that behind us
I would like a chance to travel that path with you a bit, if you want to take a chance on a friendship. That is all I can offer you – I have a family – but the friendship would be genuine., unconditional, and quite possibly loving