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to drift
as far away from tomorrow
as dreams
that never end

where reality
will cease to be,
where there are
no choices to defend

to drift
upon the astral plane
with you alone, my love

free from want
free from pain
as the stars shine up above

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new nightmares
in an age old dream

a joyous shout
becomes a scream

a scream of terror
a scream of pain
a cry of anguish

lonesome
alone
uncertain
what is causing
this feeling

that leaves you on
the bedroom floor
kneeling

offering prayers
is all one can do

yet, something is
stopping them
from getting through

you see through
your tears,
no one answers
your prayers

yes, it must be true,
they are not
getting through

and they never have…

in the time it takes
to realize
the limits of my senses

in silent rooms
of compromise
we speak in present tenses

losing all connection
to a past
that was uncertain

a gaze is cast
through the pain
of adolescence’s curtain

clinging
clinging

though the past
I cannot see,
it still
clings to me.

we wait at the window
of yesterday’s pain
knowing full well
it won’t open again

living
on slivers of hope

slivers that fade
with the passing of seasons

a chair
you can no longer
sit in

to ponder the mysteries
to ferret out reasons

to things you may
have missed

in a time that
does not exist

Barren

i was chasing your essence
somewhere out
on the edge of a dream
slipping through cracks
of altered reality
into spaces where
once you had been

I follow the sound
of discordant heartstrings
searching for a melody
that goes beyond tomorrow

racing across
the barren landscape
of my heart

i was chasing your essence
somewhere out
on the edge of a dream
slipping through cracks
of altered reality
into spaces where
once you had been

I follow the sound
of discordant heartstrings
searching for a melody
that goes beyond tomorrow

racing across
the barren landscape
of my heart