Lifeless fear

I walked past a morgue today.

Pictures of gore and pain graced my mind.

I stared at the bolted door

Fascinated.

I let my mind wander free

And was possessed by the terrifying thought

Of one day finding you encased

by its sterile walls.

I cannot give you up

I need your optimism in my life

I can’t give you in

to the gods in heaven

that you’re so fond of believing in.

But it’s not in my hands

To hold back a soul

Whose time has expired.

I wonder if I might break

If I see your bod go up in flames.

Or if I might be overjoyed

That sorrow can no more

Imprison you in his skeleton fist.

Shattered

She remembers sunshine and laughter
The way they skipped stones in the water
Her sanity clings onto those times
When they could forget the wall clocks chimes.

She’d journey to the jaws of a beast
If it would help prolong his last feast
She’d then hold his hand till his bell tolled
And she grew sick from the bitter cold.

His smile was all she could hold on to
It’s soon bound to grow icy and blue.