Stillness in night air

And yet my brain races on

Stars swallowed by light

As we look deeper

We fall further and further

There is no bottom

A cold empty heart

Now the stacks start to tumble

So full of regret

A soft evening glow

Hazy gray mist and wood smoke

Crossing the marshes

Soft decaying wood

Like my stupid empty words

Rises from smoke stacks

There’s an empty space

In the pit of my stomach

And it yearns for you

Sounds and words resound

Remind me of all I’ve lost

Thick, dense heavy clouds

Like a house of cards

Everything slowly collapsing

Into empty hearts

In your shining light

I am safe I am secure

I must stay inside 

Can I hide away?

Obscured by your shining light

I’ll be your mirror

Frosty morning breath

Drifting across muddy fields 

Storm clouds gathering 

Inside my dark heart

Devouring self esteem

Consuming my pride

What is haunting you

In the visions of the night

Why do I sleep sound?

The night sky clearing

The universe opens up

So much empty space

My spirit left me

I crawled out of the ocean

Just an empty shell

Concrete these fields 

The ever consuming hand

Capitalism

I’ll never forget

Everything you’ve been to me

It’s who I am now

Come remember me

Beneath that wild sycamore 

And there I will rest

Must I always beat

Like a moth against a flame

‘Til my burnt wings fail?

Little black spider

Setting your gossamer traps

I await return

 I’m a ball of yarn

My heart and my head entwined

Tangled up inside

Blackbird on a wire

Set against a lonely sky

Is it time to fly?

When our atoms split

And drift apart underground

We will become one

Everything I’ve lost

So near yet so far away

Sparkling winter sun