How did it come to this ?
Travelled so far, long & wide together,
yet apart.
Not of my choosing,
but to all of our undoing.

Our fortunes in reversal,
i craved your attention as the youngest child.
Delivered now too much & too late,
when all i want & need is solitude, peace & quiet.

The light that once shone within & between us,
then flickered dimly until you blew the flame out.
Its resonating echo is of a deep dark black,
forever now, our shared hovering grey cloud.

Perhaps when we are all finally gone,
maybe our ghosts will realise the wrongs.
All the stupid lies, entwined,
together with the ties that bind.

Imagine,.. if we had never been born,
then this storm would not have happened at all.
Our mirrors reflect a collective shameful face,
childish, spiteful behaviour that has no grace.

And if i never ever see you again,
i can both live & die with that from here on, on my own.
Our epitaph will be one of final great failure at last,
disturbingly distorted souls all alone.

Walking, talking, living enigmas,
human puzzles that can never be solved.
Clueless lost souls, i give up on the equation,
without you, at least, i'm back in control.