The sunrise is swallowed again,
eternal clouds chant “never”
black, gray, moving slowly north to south
A light drizzle collects on my glasses
It is cold, but it is always cold
I am naked, tied to a leafless tree
for all passing by to gawk and point
I can hear the chuckles, no one feels sorry

Walls cave in around furnished dens
hibernating in darkness
A place where a heart has been ripped out
crushed and shredded
Leaving a hollow opening
in a field of wheat painted cobalt blue
empty in front of me
fading fast in the distance

Ghostly images flowing in the wind
beckoning me to come, to follow, to fall
abandon hope, give up life
and I lean towards doing so
because even if I died
she wouldn’t know or care
and neither would that sun
that shines for others
but not for me