My home grew cold and empty

Because those who painted

Stars on my ceiling did not want

Me to see the stars

And now that the artful are gone

I am outside looking up -

Vastness luminously reflected,

Undaunted by my insignificance 

And now I must find you

To say goodbye to you

One last time

Yet in searching for you

I lose my way, finding only

Suffocating powerlessness

I claw at slippery slopes

Trying to escape from something

Far greater than myself

At breaking point I am

Lifted upward towards consciousness

And out of the nightmare

Now I am awake and the stench of

Damnation is upon me as I know that today I must

Close my eyes and fall into the labyrinth

Make me real

I look in the mirror

And I see a stranger

I am hunted by dreams

Friends forgotten and

Enemies honored

Take my shadow and

Make it immortal

Light speed journey

To the unknown remembered

The abyss beckons to those

Who eat furious nothings

Purging insects that

Crawl through time 

To escape the story

Unravelling

"Get some life in you"

They say

Frostbitten

I build a facade

Preoccupied

Impenetrable

Trudging through

Wastelands

I am a seeker of the Key

A quest for answer means

Closing up shop

Gone fishing

I will return with the

Sword of Truth

Or not at all

The hour for greatness 

Is upon me

Best save my energy for worthy foes

Cursed pariah or

Resilient rebirth

Crow circles 

And guffaws

Before she met him:

Her mother helps her

Glaze the pot before

Baking it in the kiln

Pottery is a thread that

Bonds the women

Of her family

As they sit together

Their voices softly

Murmur while they work

After she met him:

Her eyes begin to 

Glaze over from

Pain as the doctor

Slowly weaves the

Thread of the stitches

In and out pulling together

The flesh of her wrist

The noises around her 

Dim to a faint murmur

We are the ones you left

To dream alone in the dust

Eyes never to close to the light

Or to the dark

We are the ones who witnessed

A life that came and was lost to us

Still we remain imprisoned

What once was yours

We are the ones who anger you

Who never spoke your name

Faith gained and lost in time

Crushed butterflies

Could we have another life?

Would you redeem us?

Could you set us free?

We are all broken

I surrender 

To burn

Brighter

I Glow 

Before I

Go

You have stolen

What is mine

What kept me going

What I lived for

You insidiously

Wormed your way in

You don't need it

You have plenty

Now I have nothing

To live for

I give up the fight

Now I must fill the void

With hollow things

I give myself

To darkness