After the last minimally complex challenge I decided to make this weeks challenge a lot more simple.

A grain of sand

In eight lines, again you have one week

Tell your mother not
To worry. I know how I
Look, but there are soft
And caring chapters between
The rugged covers by which
I'm judged.

I cut myself on the shards
Of the hourglass
I broke open to
Count the grains of
Time spent on equally
Meaning-
Less
Activities.

so i think I can tell
heaven from hell
aloft in a bright cool breeze
you never meant that much to me
a testament to how it can be
finally free to enjoy the blue skies
fired from my lead role in a cage

the spider in your bed
a bruise on your arm
you are nothing
you are not harmed

there is empty air
a breeze you feel
but you know
you don't live there

I've seen my face on your mirror
I don't know anything you don't
but yet I stand aware
it's harsh time for bugs everywhere

one would like to say it is was sad
though as you walk around
there is no words that come out
just another place
not sad really

just one more place

people still smile
even though you're broken
beaten down
nice of them
the notes of broken authors flash before you

there is nothing to say
to the cute one
a table away
the eyes drag your own sadness
into clear relief

you look away
welcome to nowhere
don't worry
there is no concept here of late

a win
a goal
a touchdown

a home run
a knock out punch
a celebrity lunch

talks of the current
threats of the future
a near miss by our all-star

yet, we stand alone
broken
with so few things to cling upon

an unneeded message to an ex-lover
an old argument with an old friend
an accusation to a family member
sitting alone again

Succulent tears
drips blood on the tree,
******* in chains
Never be free

Deep in my mind
time passes slow,
Trapped and insane
I bow to below

Vastness surrounds,
who's calling my name
Tap on the glass
its breaking the pane

Serenity smiles
she's making the grade,
I see no evil
but fear total fade

The brightness blinds me,
where do I pay
Alone in my room
with nothing to say!!

© Silent Screams