...Spent

By SolApathy

In the moment of a second, unseen
I feel I have missed a lifetime living within this dream
Squandered away my lonely days
For the dreams of a phantom love that never sways
But as I awake, she never stays
Bitter in the moments I cannot dream
A wreck of a man that rises only to fail
Burdened knowing this ship will never, sail
No longer content, he relents  
His soul, clearly…Spent

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© 2020 SolApathy
Published on Tuesday, April 7, 2020.     Filed under: "Poetry"

Author's Note:

Once upon a moment I dreamt a dream, until I woke to the sounds of my own screams...
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