BITTER SILVER
©January 18, 2000 by N. Monique Mitchell
 
Silvershine hair
To match fierce silverflint eyes
Your razoredge tongue
Taught me to walk through agony
But now it is harder to see
The fading stains
Of ruined trust reflected
In my love's dark eyes
Now I can see
At last
The good lessons
To be kept from your
Bitter teachings