with a soul aged
beyond my being
i am reincarnated
with a new name
not enough wrinkles
to show for my journeys
i walk a new life,
on a different terrain
with faded scars
and long lost tears
i find a youth reinvented
wondering how the colors flew through my years
- january 2010
one day ago i broke free,
but then i stowed away pieces of me
i hopscotched into a parallel universe
and twice removed was no better
eagerly,
i left no stone unturned,
yet I chose a disguise
a muse to your white knight
one day later,
I followed you down the aisle
on eggshells
backwards.
i upheld my facade, instep with your needs
all was what it should be, indeed.
overnight i fell apart,
i woke up.
surrounded by pieces that did not fit
in a bed of sorrows and unsolvables
what happened?
i watched you go
i let you.
as the door shut my castle crumpled
i smiled, weightlessly
i listened to the silence
and filled it with laug
Midnight Visitor
knee deep in a dream
serene
the night blankets me warm
I smile to the moon's light caress
a cool winter breeze tickles my toes
and I sink into the seams of the night
Poised at the end of a string,
I swing
taut
a sharp tug and snap!
my heart is racing
I am free falling into a pit of blackness
tumbling through the abyss of slumber!
Terrified,
I awake in a sweat
but am enervated by a force I cannot see
My heart beats to leave my chest
and I strain to unlock this curse
In the dead of the night,
my eyes focus only to be stunned!
I realize what as tugged me so -
Your green eyes alluringly stare down at me
you
Midnight Visitor
knee deep in a dream
serene
the night blankets me warm
I smile to the moon's light caress
a cool winter breeze tickles my toes
and I sink into the seams of the night
Poised at the end of a string,
I swing
taut
a sharp tug and snap!
my heart is racing
I am free falling into a pit of blackness
tumbling through the abyss of slumber!
Terrified,
I awake in a sweat
but am enervated by a force I cannot see
My heart beats to leave my chest
and I strain to unlock this curse
In the dead of the night,
my eyes focus only to be stunned!
I realize what as tugged me so -
Your green eyes alluringly stare down at me
you