All Eyes on Me

Steady feet
wander blindly in the darkness
as eyes shift restlessly,
searching for a single glint
buried within the fabricated midnight.
A once certain heart
beats fiercely,
caged behind marrow bars,
and memory recedes
into blank trepidation.
Facing the black abyss,
stiff hands tremble,
awaiting a single spotlight
to streak the dark.
A flash.
Expectant glances blur into focus;
captivate me,
they await their satisfaction.
Breath is steadied,
eyes locking into position
above bodiless faces
as thoughts merge.
Two minds become one;
I am born.

A Dance For the Ages

Days pass

as hollow breaths,

counted one after the other;

our hearts beating in syncopation.

To the steady beat

of no music,

we dance along barren roads,

heel to toe;

waltzing the thin line

between the open road

and an empty promise.

Trembling lips offer

the careless vibrations

of your persistent speech

as we take our steps

forward,

moving as one being.

The dance ends,

and our fingers entwine

while we wait for applause

to swell within deaf ears.

We meander on mindlessly,

waving to the passers

in the streets, miles away,

who watched us dance

from such great heights;

wishing they knew how.

Hollow Thoughts

Your eyes imprison

a soul that lies in wait.

My heart echoes,

hollow beats drifting

into deaf ears.

Each memory

sinks beyond reach,

my hand reaching for your heart

as I fall into you.

Mistakes

break weak promises

that withstood the test of time.

Thoughts struggle

to break free of marrow cages,

bones crushing to dust

under a vacant frame.

My eyes bleed

the pain withheld,

undoubtedly broken

for all of eternity.

Lesson by lesson

you slip past me,

until I am truly alone.

Color My World

Blind eyes wander
through roads of
blurred memory,
a fragmented past
remaining shadowless
under the stupor of a white sky.
Colors blaze,
clouding glassy vision
as flaring silhouettes
escape mind's eye.
The world succumbs to uniformity
as delusion
intertwines with reality;
a distorted perception
in the labyrinth of ability.
Agonizing beauty
renders each sense useless
as impossible symmetry
becomes uncontrollable;
a silent barrier.

Hopefully Silent

Fog lifts

from phantom eyes,

rapture clinging to

ancient tears

as grief holds fast to

hollow bones of experience.

Hands extend,

and commanding innocence

grasps blossoming possibilities

that lie within opportunity.

A once plummeting soul

falls into the twists of

gnarled branches,

growing with each heartbeat

that shakes the roots

of secondhand reality.

Straightening gently,

temptation scrapes

wounded breaths

that are held behind each smile;

a silent prayer is sent

behind independent lips

until routine is broken.

Delicate Rivalry

Intertwining rhythms

secrete the beauty of immortality,

burning the reflection of

unbound power

into memory.

Desire drifts

from heart to mind,

fearful incandescence escaping

from fragmented chains.

Suffocating ignorance

cloaks reality

as blind consciousness

dominates moral prevalence.

Staggered insanity

lingers behind the vanity

of a shattered looking glass,

malignant distress haunting

the eyes of a child.

Adolescence battles resilience,

each affliction wounding

the heart of a warrior;

a persistent trial.

Past Memories

Obscure innocence

reflects the light in your smile

as blossoming tears drown

your conspired hypocrisy.

In your palm lay

blindfolded promises,

hidden by the bitter ambrosia

of your deception.

Memories

are stolen from lifeless winds

that cradle dark,

moldering flowers;

tainted with betrayal.

Naive eyes

unveil tangled weavings

of duplicity,

preserved by my demise.

Distressed hands

risk sanity through bravery,

grasping the fabric of time

to gather the past.

Impossibility

becomes reality in your eyes;

a perfect stranger.