two parts of one equation

infidelity

alone in the killing hour,

the sunless hour,

dark truths raked over burning coals 

cool to ash

I am spent

 

In utter darkness I stare at the dying ember that is my cigarette

- a reflection in ebon

tangled in the velveteen folds of this coffin

that is my bed 

 

I am removed from dreams of heaven

I spoke of its death on withered lips

cracked and mortified by treason

 

and picture this -

 

I did it without reason

 

I saw his face ...

betrayal driven home with the weight of a ball peen hammer

 

I destroyed a man...

 

...as if it didn't matter

 

 

beside me on the nightstand,

a bomb ticks...

time measured by spinning wheels

and grinding cogs;

mechanics marking the monotony

of this most momentous occasion

 

and in the pitch blackness

of an un-enlightened path

a foot treads upon my grave

puckering peccable and self-serving flesh; 

 

two parts of one equation

Reviews

[Chris]

apparently the font or cut and paste added a symbol to the text... it read interestingly...

[felioness]

Curious... which piece...your comment is without the piece you read.

[felioness]

Ok I see which one but there is not a symbol on my page. Very strange lol.

[Chris]

perhaps it is my system interpreting your text a different way?

[felioness]

must be ...thanks for reading tho!

[Chris]

anytime...was an interesting write