Sit with me
as the stars
become diamonds.

Tell me the
that love is
a ruby long said
and gone.

I will tell you
that the world
is black as
onyx.

But I'll be
the hope that
lingers in
the mouth of all
dreams.

Shards of glass
break around me
and I hear
the familiar
failure lyrics
echo through
me like fine crystal.

And my head
may ache
with all the familiar
ambitions that
seems to promise
nothing.

Only now do I realize
that my soul
is already departed,
and you my friend
are only a step behind.

05/08/2009

Posted on 05/09/2009
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