Today I saw a couple kissing each other,
Lovingly, in an unbreakable embrace.
It was as though a wildfire was raging
In front of my eyes.
The scolding heat could burn my heart
And ignite my thoughts.

I could only walk by and long for the same kind of touch,
Long for the same kind of love.
Envy replaced my sight
And I was left with nothing but fright
And the lies about the prize
Promised by childhood tales
Written only to raise their sales.

Let a smile fall upon your face
And be grateful you don't live in a place
So dark and cold, abandoned
By the very people who built it.

What do you have to show
For the cracks and faults in the walls?
I'm sure you won't even take blame for it,
You'll likely place it all on my name.

You'll savage all that you can
Then simply laugh that the place even ran.

It all points to me,
But I still have a hard time
Accepting
The fact that it's my fault
You can't be
The person you wish to be.

Why don't you simply leave
Instead of pointing fingers
In the direction of hell.
Every word you speak
Swells my head
And begs for me to seek

For the best way out.

I'm the hollow body,
The vessel,
Of a soul and heart
That used to have
A raging fire
Lighting the
Thoughts and talks
With my one and only
Lover.

But now I'm only cold,
Eroding into ruins
Where you'll only find ashes
To continue
To have interactions
With.
I could never be anymore,
Only an empty margin;
A vessel.

Your tears are like flash floods;
Sudden and no warnings in sight.

They catch me off guard
In the silence of the night.

A perpetual rain
Still pours in the moments

Between my thoughts
And my afternoon walks.

It's like I awake from a dream
With no recollection in mind,

Only sadness is left in my eyes
To glisten in the morning sunlight.

You're like the sea-
Unexplored is your mind,
Just like the world you see.

You try to hide
The secrets you hope to keep,
But I'm here for you.

That's something
I hope you BELIEVE.

I've come to the realization that
Loss is all around.
It's the down the street.
In another city.
In another state.
Or in a different country.
Or across the oceans
To a place so unfamiliar.

But not too unfamiliar,
Not unlike death.
The mysterious endings
To a person's
Being,
Seeing,
Feeling,
Dreaming.

The point at which
You stop breathing;
The final cries you hear
From your closest
Friends and family.
A permanent state of trance,
Never to take another glance.
You were one in 7.2 billion,
But now it's time for you
To float away like helium.