Eyelid Curtains

My eyelid curtains are shuttered

sorrow decimates my heart

tiny shards flying through window

smashing on my essence sidewalk

where I used to walk, unfettered.

Life's black draperies obliterate

the lighted world where I once trod.

I can watch my spirit play out

breathless in the blankness

of my soul canvas, struggling

to come into crystal light

breaking through powdered towers

of what I might have been, before

my nightmares careened recklessly

into solitary corners of my mind.