In the chinks of the armor that age clothed her in

in the roots of relationships that strained and held

in the stains of sadness clouding the sunshine-smiles

in the silences of casual conversations

in the calumnies of arrogance of small victories

in the hopes of what is not and what will be

in the call to part and the strength to bind

in the urge to glean lost dreams of yesterdays

in the desire to build a castle of wishes

in the hope to reach out and be there for some

in the knowledge of time that is relentless

in the strength of a soul and will of a heart

in the unheard unsaid waves of rising thoughts

the search continues…