In the clearings Beyond the gallows long drop Where only vultures may pass A crow’s extended wings At a time when all is silent

Sit with this A fleet of infinite thought Dark moments retract Struggling to remember Figurative laughter

I think often of you Often of my thoughts of you Remembering you on the second stor… Hanging with tips tight Grasp

A mourning hush Followed by an afternoon rush Into the dark unknown noise Nearly escapable Twilight seeps the curtain

I’ll show you I’m not what you see Your interpretation My sorrow Weighs heavy

Innocents a non existent memory A child with no smile Shattering eyes pierce A distraction from the pain Consequence lay deep within

Sorry you are late A melancholy has overcome you A resolve within me Nonexistent cure Crashing tides led you away

Wake to find you’re still alone Standing naked by the phone In a room full of strangers Walk with your back to laughter’s Cruel intent

A not so sudden quake in my heart Resonating through my core Bursts of shattering pragmatic tho… Distant from need Sleep is as if an enemy of control

Not such Cynical perplexity Pain frail ruptured cells Timid throb Things not such

The air draws cool Wisping wind Fragile leaves fall Trees bare A thought of you this too shall pa…

No need to speak I see your eyes… A lifetime of love lost Poignant words Will not expel these exasperated e… So don’t speak another week

What is this something I have been trying to articulate So many ways yet they all sound th… Still no answers Found

In my mind like a flood A force of nature A cognoscente reminder Love not too close Closed doors shall not emerge

Have a nice night You say With a nimble frown Living down for the moment Down to my last irrefutable taste…