Broken

The sound of the roaring wind

shakes up the core of my being.

I try to hold onto you as you glide away.

Loose threads finally coming undone,

and we lie here broken to pieces.

The city sleeps cloaked in darkness

as deafening silence descends on this empty space.

The cold side of the moon

laughs at our remarkable insignificance.

Our old photographs bleed

from their cracked picture frames,

and I can’t seem to shift my gaze.

Will memories haunt us or bring us hope?

Don’t lift me up so high

if you keep losing your grip;

holding onto both ends of this rope

I am one step away from madness.

There will be no more tomorrows

nestled in the softness of your sleepy eyes,

and I grieve…

I don’t know where to go from here.

So many dreams left behind, forgotten;

one foot in and one foot out,

you could never decide.

So I wandered off to the edge of our world

and lost my way to your arms.

Who would have thought it would all end up this way?

You tell me nothing,

yet everything is revealed;

ethereal lights expose the surface

of mesmerizing visions you held all to yourself…

I release you,

and surrender to all that is

as my heart bursts open

and I cradle you in silence,

Awaiting the inevitable.

2007