Quietude

  *


I never saw you cloudy
but I felt it, like a restless sky
rumbling along my spine
your mood-s(c)ent rain, filled my cup
wetting my abandoned lips

velvet eyes closed to my breath
and the map from me to you
misplaced itself, when you stopped looking
there was something in the way
you silently left my senses

your name hung like a ghost
in the chambers of my heart
blowing an icy wind along its walls
and the steady beat echoed like emptiness
—did you come undone? alone

the ground is false hope
and I walk in counterfeit shoes
my sharp edges, cutting the fabric
beneath my aging skin
I have hugged shadows for too long

changing passages, devil doors
silky shades, hinged in a purple gaze
tear drops like morning dew, on a vine
ruptured dreams, severing sleep
now all absent of sound





*