Invading my mind,
so march across at dusk
in the way that time carries
you away from me,
in the way every speck of dust
reminds me that
you are elsewhere.

You have captured me.

Ensnared my mind,
my life,
so I race to lose you
while I've already lost.
You and hope
do not belong
in any whimsical catering of
my life.

You have destroyed me.

****** my mind,
as the pages fill with
longing, and turn with
each passing lost hope,
and the blood runs from
busted knuckles with the
viscosity of one poisoned by
the serpent.

You have shown me what it is to love.

You have shown me what it is to lose.