A Travesty of Words

i found a mirage

floating

on an endless sea

of tears.

At the sun's fall

And silent storms

Consume us all,

I steal away

On an empty sea

As you bury

The pieces of we.

your endless sea

empty me

of my stars

and drown me

beneath the seam

of your love's

violent deep.

to the warm brightness

of your gentle soul,

even as, i

emptied myself into

every wandering heart

that refused to thaw.

have always been

broken,

even before

the first stars fell

from weary eyes.

still exists

somewhere between

an empty heart

and a fading dream.

another piece of me

becomes lost underneath

a desert of tears.

and little cups filled

as they prepare

our daily dose

that numbs us

to the world.

washes over me

as a yearning heart becomes

another lost dream

fed to an angry sea.

the empty pain

as ten thousand tears

fell like hot rain.

leave our stars

in the hearts

of others

in the hope

that we find

a safe home

for our love.

above all else,

remember how much

I loved.

our memories

are all that we have

to keep the shadows

from consuming us whole.

we breathe in,

though the burden

compresses our chests

and the air stings

heavy scars into our skin,

still, we breathe in

as we pretend to dream.

i become

the shape

of we.

for salvation,

but sunk

into oblivion.