Still, skipping through the watersof my subconsciouslike a stone.The pain intensifiesas does the ecstasy,and I am drowning-and I am breathingfor the first time.Pray, wake me from thisbeautiful nightmare.Please, leave me to dream.
Breathing Water
unknown gods
I cried for her. For all those years she hid herselfamongst the whispersand the cobwebsin the dark atticof myimagination. For all those timesshe tried so hard to shine her lightin every placeit was sure to remainunnoticed. For all those waysshe
Translucent
I am
translucent.
Wildly unprepared
for the light.
Shards
Wild-eyed,
bloody-fingered,
I gather slivers of me.
A thousand sharp shards
shining,
glinting malevolently
in the moonlight.
Collide
And when we collide
we split like atoms, destroying
worlds, and I am lost
to myself.