dried tears stain
tattoos of sadness upon face
your breath lingers on skin
layering the guilt and shame
tracing your fingerprints
carved with blade
spells out my disgrace
in the dark nightmares wait
burning memories
seared in closed eyelids
so every shutting of the eyes
painfully reminds
there is no place i can hide
in the dark, haunted
hallows of a broken mind
a shiver whispers i'm alone
ticking in suspended time