I am rapidly falling
my soul bares the trauma.
Eyes seeing years
now reduced to a comma.

Faded I remain,
Left tarnished and jaded.
Emptiness echoes through
this soul long evaded.

Consuming the spaces
where dreams once did guide me.
I now pause, cry release
from this grip that confines me.

Memories now voiceless
lay fragrant in silence.

I grow tired of this
uncaring exposure.
I struggle to regain
once familiar composure.

Remaining suspended
between an illusion so hollow.
Tears are the only
company to follow.

I can only cry
as i now understand.... this journey
i've started,  has claimed its demand.

carolann