carried away

i want to melt

into a pane

of something delicate

like colored glass

stained with deep red

my heart will blend

into its boundaries

of gold and i ache

with empathy and

awareness i am pained

by the emanation of

blindness that surrounds

i understand the power

of desire yet

i am burdened by

the same kind of dark

my skeleton dances

within a circle

of transparent leaves

falling with my spirit

and rising with

solitude's strength

soak their clothing

in the moving blue river

and let them dry

with curt individuality

i long to finish

the growing despondency

but the perversity of all

keeps me enthralled