With each word
Carefully creep back in
So subtle your fingers
Claw into crevices
Before long I am lost in sunlight
In the park where we walked
Wishing for that summer once more
Knowing it can never be again
Slowly shedding
By syllables
Prying you out
With each word
Silently sends spores
Creeping from unloved corners
Darkness to be cleansed
Sit in close darkness
Alone with your last warm words
My heart still beating
“But it is such a long time to wait!
Please can I have it now?”
As Time
Yearns
For another
Across years
Absence
Knowing
The answer
Prayers
Found
In dreams
Wishes
Built
From memories
Love
Unwound
Unravelled
Always
Is forgotten
Never
Is fulfilled
I cannot deny his request, he has asked so nicely.
He reaches into my chest and I deliver my soul. If I give him mine perhaps the demon will finally stop tormenting yours.
The circle completes
Silence turns luminescent
All becomes nothing
I plunge
Into frigid waters
Hoping to be numb
Dare not speak
Ducks in judgement
Think me dumb
But every time
The silence breaks
I am overcome.
By standing stone
Deeply inscribed
I place my hand
Upon its side
Feeling something,
Somehow died
Not corporeal
But deep inside.
Emptiness gnawing.
The monster which
Haunted my night
Crept out from depths
Of dark delight
Below the bed
In shadow hides
Today he follows
Close by my side.
Wind blows cold against my skin.
Why did I come
Here where I dread
I force myself
To read the dead
To whip myself
And feel the pain
To live each moment
Once again.
The monster whispers.
“You are nothing,
Never were.”
I face the truth
In what is heard.
For I am nothing
If I dwell
On what is past
And live in hell.
Wind blows
Light flickers
Lights out
Still there
Potential remains
Spark gone
I woke up
Missing
You
Who
Sought me
In silent dark
Now
I want
For you
I am denied
My bed
Empty
My heart
Alone
I woke up
Learning to love the silence 