Long Day of Dying

Can’t remember exactly when

Everything turned gray

And the shadows began sticking

To my sallow face

I don’t know what sorrow succeeded

In finally disfiguring me

Crippling my body under the weight

Of heavy rain

The landscape is bleak as bone

My backyard nothing but dark sky

Ghosts no longer linger here

Insects turn to dust

I quietly waste away in fear

From the silence that stalks this place

Tormenting me like a beast

Calling me by name

A cold child under black blankets

I pray under a godless roof

For someone to appear from nowhere

Out of thin air

But there’s no point in talking

To an empty room

So why don’t I just leave

Take my chances with infinity