naked memories--By Jeanette Nel le Roux--South Africa

naked memories

I need to see inside myself

to know whether hills can grow

where mountains have crumbled

I know death wipes out the sadness of life

but where does it all go?

Why does every prayer in my soul

still starts and ends with your name?

Day after day, my pain

wears the mask of a virgin

Was it because I loved you with a love

more intense than love itself?

What is the use to linger and dance to the rhythm

of life whilst inside, I am empty?

I strip naked in poetry -

I feel detached but still

yearn for your touch

Jeanette Nel le Roux lives in the tranquil town of Mossel Bay on the beautiful Garden Route in South Africa since 1990.  She is a real estate agent since 1976, divorced in 2007, has 3 daughters and a son.  Jeanette's home language is Afrikaans, but she writes in both English and Afrikaans.  She has a poetry group on Facebook called "Jeanette Nel le Roux Poetry".  Jeanette seriously started writing poetry when her soulmate died in 2009.  She is published in several poetry books, together with other poets, but she will publish one of her own in the near future.