So cold the stare That never shows the eyes So painful the realization When hope dies Foolish idiot Who held faithful his hope While releasing his grip On the only safety rope Do not dream Nightmares are everywhere Don’t trust your heart It will only show you despair

Shuttering breath Blowing out The candles flame Enveloping dark Rushing in Nobody to blame Outstretched arms Cold of alone Embraced by shame All I ever Wanted Was for Someone To call Out my name In a breath of Want Need Acceptance The knife Of temporary Cuts quick Please Pull it free Of my back Before [...]

Playing with fire Grinning in the moonlight Strike a match Reflected in black eyes The flame Comes to life Though I walk through the valley of death Setting ablaze Every yellowing field I will fear no evil As the flames crawl up my legs Like a serpents slithering tongue Thou art with me The piercing [...]

The blue sign With white lettering Crisis counseling The phone sits waiting As I walk on by Yellow lights Phantoms of fog Swirling under illumination And carried out over The bay By the wind Tall maroon towers Fade into the mist Trailing cables The occasional red light Blinking Signaling Slowly From high above The light [...]

Cell doors slam shut One last time Struggling to stand On shaking legs Leather restraints Chains threaded through Shackled Shuffle forth Passed averted stares Whispered goodbyes Count the shadows steps From the overhead lights To the execution room Where a strange calm waits