quiet souls asleep in peace
take me with you
your cold breath stirs my senses
on this warm and lonely night
faint, red lights reflect off the muted street
and the moon my only companion
here, with me, the solace occupies my body
and the fear ascends into my eyes
you are nowhere to be found inside

i was born of the ocean

and you from the earth

nothing do we have in common

but our seemingly inconsequential births

as you rose from the ground,

i shed the murkiness of the place i had been

only to find myself in the darkness again...

there's no breath that we can share

or heartbeat to sustain us both

you take what you can from me

to continue your outward growth

i saw a statue once of an angel

being ripped away from the arms of

a beautiful woman.

my heart is now as hard and cold.

i feel nothing but an emptiness.

betrayal bore the mask of this angel

my soul desolate...in ruins.

the pressure of my heart beating in

my chest is too much to bear. how it

longs to shatter the stone.

the white delicacy of your skin is not

enough to keep me in. i'm torn.

i sway and the line falters and i

am stuck in between. between

the grasp of betrayal's hands. merciless

and free roaming through my mind.

i cannot bear the weight that this

has brought upon me. my flesh seems

to melt off my bones as my blood flows

redder. the nightmare ends.

01-09-2003