Their color nor their shape,
Not the window given —
It's the light that can't be draped,
The joyous soul within.

Tales untold
Across time —
Of growing old,
Swallowing hope
For those we raise,
To help them become
The one thing we did right.

Tainted serenity —
Petulant,
Quasi angry.

You're not mine,
I'll step aside —
I'm jealous, not selfish.

All of us
Free of mind
Fear the place
Where fate resides.

Inner dialogue askew,
Absence of humility —
It's not you. It's always
Been me.

No compromise, no in-between,
It's all the same sensation —
Love or hate,
Depending on the situation.

Greedy men with seedy wants.
Another one, another cunt —
Wasting lives pursuing want.

When time evaporates,
Slow down to compensate.

They've shown wisdom
Far beyond their years —
Don't just wonder
Where they stole it from.

Hungry eyes
Locked in a dance,
Intimate across a room,
Thanking all their stars
That they are not alone —
In fear
Their fidelity ends here.

It should have been you,
But it's not anymore.
Even the best wood
Will rot when it's
Drowned for too long.

Tending wounds, barely healing,
Scratch the itch to dull the pain —
Lust and other filler feelings,
Opening the scars again.

A life observed,
Suffering vicariously —
This is who
I wish I am
When I cannot
Be me.

Follow me,
Said her past —
Showing her
All roads lead back.

Spotlight to spotlight,
Seeking self
In a choir of I.

Spoiled forbidden fruit
Wasting on a silver platter —
Kept from sight,
Kept from touch,
Kept to keep it from an other.

Allow me to get close enough,
So I can love your every flaw —
Search my heart and you will find
No part of you leaves me untouched.
I am yours as much as
You are mine.

Out with a flash and a bang —
A singular chance
On a fifteen minute timer.
At least
You got to show the world
That you can.

After ever,
Betrothed to the reaper,
Counting the breaths
It takes to get home.