brittle like the branches soaked in dew

i, the lone defender of the echoes

close my eyes underneath the leather

i bask in the solitude, the light, what heat

brings to a body like mine gone cold

the thick mist paves my way forward

like an armoured knight, i am wounded

the punctured heart, the amour that

clings to me, there are roses you see

and they sing to me, they entice me

caught up in the dream where love is

present, where lips meet and eyes make love

the soul heaves through the gloom

the words become true in deep rapture

heavenly wrath greets the tempest on the

west wind, but im not scared of the sea

i lost myself, with blue eyes guarding

They’re welcome

The tears, but they don’t come

They just well up inside me

I swallow

and

Keep it down

But there’s no way out

For them, or me

.

I’m trying

Keeping it cool

But then I’m burning

And churning

And bubbling

With feelings that try to rise,

Never enough

And all too much

At the same time

.

I’m fighting

With ferocity

With too much chaos inside me

I stumble

And fumble, and

Almost, but never let it all out at once

As I still have a sick mind

And a heart that burns

.

I’m lying

I know I am

But it keeps me smiling

Even as the lost sunlight

Takes with it the flowers that threatened to bloom

But never did

It eases the pain

Of a brain that plays in a loop

The things we did

rose fall