disconnected

the lighting is muted in here

like gray skies in dreams

lacking in vibrancy

Wanting in warmth.

i look out the window

and ignore the sun’s rays.

silence fosters disconnection

and i am adrift in a vacuum

littered with shards of memories

that lay stagnant, never dissolving.

cloistered desires remain unspoken

as i wait for vain reprieve.

solitude guards me like armour

and i, captive of my own device,

reach out in rueful futility.

my voice is vanished

as strangers pass beyond.

i am afflicted with their existence

though covetous of more than flesh.

reclusion safeguards against loss

yet smarts in the light

of foreclosed desires.

thus i abide in the shadows of

a studied smile.

Reviews

[Gee]

Were you once married to Woodpecker Allen ????

[Mia Sparrow]

no. to my man woodrow.

[Davidgeo]

That last stanza is pretty bad a*s.

"yet smarts in the light"

That's damn fine writing.

[Mia Sparrow]

follow me on instagram @mere.car99

[Davidgeo]

Why would I do that?

[Davidgeo]

You still haven't told me why I should do that.