I woke with a start and reached for you.
You weren’t there and I remembered why.
I let out a sob and my tears ran black,
Like my tainted soul.
They burned on the way out as well
Like my soul was trying to burn you away from the inside out.
So I sobbed as I forgot you again for another night.
Eventually the tears turned to ice,
My soul freezing out the memory of you,
And I returned to bed, my soul numbed.