Pieces

Fate or destiny
Their meanings
Entwined in time
Defined
By the way out
or the way back.


The clock ticks loudly
In the silence
Of the winter night
Recalling unsorted memories


Sweet love
That tends this crumpled man
Rewarded only
By his outstretched hand.


Her poems
Soft and tender like afternoon tea
Smooth out my crinkled life,
Mend the ragged soul.