Betrayed and abandoned He closed the doors on life Lonely days until the final rest Sorrow's burden A hesitant smile A graven image of what was lost I never wanted you to hurt, nor suffer so Can I abandon the place by your side? I never wanted you to hurt, nor suffer so Can we find meaning, and reconcile? To the deepest pits of grief It seems we...Learn More

When every road begat to lunacy The irreversible, the unforgiving Tired daily chores, draining restlessness A sickening spiral we've become Summerdreamer, give way to sorrow Flame falls to familiar, all too fast Forge ahead, the rainy tracks Who gave us free will to forsake? What shimmers may not be gold The hunger of derelict souls Who gave us...Learn More

Reactive tendency, purging acts of senselessness In the throes of uncontrol, waiting for stars to align Growing alienation severing every tie Fading relations, shrinking worlds, cesspools for us to dwell Justify it to yourself by narrowing the view As you turn away, have you seen the light? Mires of human entanglement - all-consuming, cannot be...Learn More

In need of a word, in need of a change Retracing each footstep Forgive my failing hand, forgive my profound words Turning stones to find anything that matters anymore I want to feel joy, quiet and peace I want to see the world that never opened to me The fleeting eyes of innocence The long gone treasures of the open mind It's the urges we hate...Learn More

Taking part, serving the eye Scrambling to uphold a hollow mask Self-sacrificed, with a burning hunger You are nothing to them Cursed walks of life, cast to the sidelines Residual abandon Never knowing where the disease ends And the person begins Slam the doors on the brittle and pale Forging pathways through blood and shame Shield your...Learn More

City night brings me back To retread past steps Among the moving shadows Among the distant lights I'm a fly on the wall No more profound moments An overstayed welcome Repeat the cycle of duty Submission's inevitable decline In olden footsteps Nameless shape on the pavement Flickering lights, heightened senses Nocturnal being in transit Solitary...Learn More

Flightless, we stand Firmly on the cursed soil Was there a war to win? Racing the clock to no avail Life has come to a halt We're still compelled to carry on Deterioration sets in Times of forfeiture A lingering ghost of what once was Absent-minded, obsolete Warning signs were ignored Plunging towards the crossroads Degraded to nothing Dead end...Learn More

Time is not a healer Moth toward the headlight The panic of today Discord, dreams and cautionary tales Beacon in the distance That thousand-yard stare Eyes seeking bygone relief Days we thought we were forever Eyes to the setting red sun Fading northern star Hungry tides wash away The last embers of the light Are we just missing what we never...Learn More

Let my hair down Faint summer breeze Like I could breathe For the first time Tall trees shifting colors Finally I can see So much and so little to say Have I found my home? Out of my place of hiding A fleeting moment In the wake of a storm...Learn More

Tear myself open for all to see Decimation by my own hand Carving out a life, a chosen fate The crumbling house of cards Hides horizons behind the dust Where do we turn in these trying times? Unveiling the burning within An empty frame of a life, a gaping hole How could we let it come this far? Destitute, derelict, prolonged...Learn More

Bring me to the very edge and pull me back The view over the abyss, I can see forever One last high, or one final low An endmost touch significant Blackbird eyes in the dawning half-light Shadows amiss with jesters The turmoil that mortality invokes Realization of impermanence Growing hunger, resilient need Walls of damaged reason I weave What...Learn More