Despondence

My bones ache

And my back trembles

At the very mention of your name.

My eyes become oceans

Filled with grief

And my face becomes

Flooded with the innocence

I have shed on your behalf.

Light calls my name

Like a shepherd calls to

His lost sheep

But it is only you

That I find waiting for me

When I answer.

It is your presence in me

That keeps my life

Trapped in the night sky

With all the other burning stars

Whose flames diminish

As they sink deeper and deeper

Into your abyss.

I have no idea if I will ever escape you.

I have no idea.

Not if.

I will escape you.