• Silhouette
    Well-known to me
    Face is clouded
    By shadows of time
    Do I know her?
    Of course not
    Separated by a wall
    Isolation
    Fear installed
    Refusing comfort of company
    Thrown aside in some back alley
    Left alone but not to die
    A wound of the heart
    Is hardly lethal
    More of a bite
    That keeps on itching
    More like a cut
    Without any stitching
    Refusing help but needing something
    Another new face just keeps it coming
    Each new life brings more baggage
    Heavy totes leaving me ravaged
    Another weight upon my shoulders
    Another ember left to smolder
    Holding on is all I know
    Just need sleep
    Away we go
    For a time, I will be cleansed
    But the face returns
    It makes no sense
    My mind moves on
    But my heart is stalled
    An endless pit
    An endless fall
    Just go away
    Free my mind
    Thought is gone
    Gears don't grind
    Not even dreams
    Disturb my rest
    But freedom never
    Manifests