A Hard Reunion Poem by Tony Adah

Looking westward to where we mourn
The death of the sun
Twilight blooms and lovers prepare
To cuddle in the dripping fog
From the coming moonshine;
Will the storm stop the dream?
Will the rain bless it?
Not likely than the poison that
Maybe eating the woman's heart.

With the daughter in tow
Smiles blossom in the garden
Of motherhood
She's tamed by another day of love
A distance from her heart.
Who will not know the venom's pain
Twice bitten in this cocoon?

The street lamp cast a flowery shadow
Under where we stood,
Pain contained in the chambers
Of my heart
Love's supposed home
Nothing strange;
There's a brittle link between
These hearts
I stretch out my hand
That shifted her steps backwards
And her daughter's forward
It is easy to share two things
You never miss both.