She spun her tale
With practiced easy
Filling him
With what he wanted to hear
What he wanted to see
And imagine

She knew the pathways
Of his heart
She knew the levers
And wheels
Of his imagination

Death surrounds me
Haunts me
Hunts me
Feeding off
the sins of my heart

Loneliness whispers to me
Begging me
Prodding me
Feeding off
The hope of tomorrow

Despair knows me by name
Cawing
Raven like
Feeding off
My need to be heard

And then you came
To comfort my darkness
To still the whispers
And silence my needs
Never fed
Never satiated
You ask for one thing only
You ask
For me

I think
I look
I feel
It's all slipping away
One after the other
I cannot think
I cannot look
All I can do is feel
And I do not want that

The end is the end is the end is the end
I'm tired of this wandering
Life without end
Save me from me
From this end without end
Save me from tomorrow's
Promise and then
Save me from yesterday's
Failure, end upon end
Save for me today
An end to the when
Save for me some hope
And then the end
Of empty retreat
Can be my end upon end upon end upon end

I watched her face in the mirror
As she walked behind me
Her face, serene
Concentrating
She looked up
Caught my eye

Time stopped

Again

I fell backwards
Off the world and into
the dark
Gasping
Unable to breathe
Crying
Unable to call out
Praying
Unable to believe

Flashing images

Green eyes
Blond hair
Ruby lips
Faded meadow
Ash fall forest
Black teeth
Spent smile
Faded youth
Gray hearts
She's not alone
She's not alone
Ages past
She wasn't alone

She's not alone

She's looked down
And time spun up again
Carrying me away again
Away from Her

Time slipped
Everyone slowed
The shoppers
The lovely women in blue
The husband
The wife
Even the kids
My heartbeat
Counted the seconds
1...2...3
My breath stopped
Her eyes met mine
1...2...
Smile
1...
The world sighed

I closed my eyes
And let go

Floating
Dreaming
Silent

Green eyes
Blond hair
Ruby lips
Faded meadow
Ash fall forest
Black teeth
Spent smile
Faded youth
Gray hearts
She's not alone
She's not alone
Ages past
She wasn't alone

Breathe
Time again
Shopping
Circling
The woman in blue walks by
And caught my eye

It's time
I know what needs to be
I know what I have to be
It is time
To harden my heart
And let go
Of sentimentality
To loosen
And let go
Of the bonds of love