Ariadne

Ariadne Dec 2017

Darkness awakens
Shadows shroud my soul

Light is fading
Shaking, shivering, cold

Dreams infiltrate
Restless nights and lack of sleep abound

World's ending
Cities scorched and burning to the ground

I close my eyes and hide myself away
Content for now to suffer
The fear I know; The words I'll never say

I run and run, to where I do not know
Unsure of the path I'm taking
Unsure of what the future does not show

Raining fire
Everything I knew and loved is gone

Slowly dying
Are all the ones I've truly loved and known

Why am I still alive in all the flames
Why must I survive the torment
Of my mind's sickening games

Why am I the only one who's left
Why could the end
Not have stolen my final breath

Midnight, awoken
Vivid visions of our final days

Heart's pounding
Frightened of the end of our ways

I know not the reason for this torture
I know not why I cannot sleep
I know not the cause of my vision
I know not why it won't leave me be

Written about a recurring nightmare

Ariadne Dec 2017

Shattered

It's only a matter of time until all that you've known is tainted by shadows
It's only a matter of time until all that you've loved becomes shrouded in darkness
It's only a matter of time until all that you've been given is taken away
It's only a matter of time until all that you've built comes crashing down
And you're left to pick up the pieces

Ariadne Nov 2017

One Step Closer

One more year
One more step

Another broken heart
Another wasted breath

One more word
One more stanza

Another unfinished thought
Another stab in the chest

One step closer to the cliff
One breath closer to my last

Happy birthday
One year closer to my death

Ariadne Nov 2017

Scars

I have lots of scars
Scars I'll never shed

Scars not on my body
But scars in my head

No matter how old they are
No matter how repressed

I can do nothing to conceal
I can do nothing to heal

I have lots of scars
And they never go away

Ariadne Nov 2017

Memories of a Fragile Heart Shattered

You were the one I loved
You were the one to give me hope
You were the one to comfort me
When I was losing faith

You were the one who made me happy
You were the one who made me smile
You were the one to cheer me up
Even in my darkest of nights

You were the one who made me sad
You were the one who disappointed me
You were the one I cried about
Even when I shouldn't have

You pretended I was your own
You even believed that you loved me
You said you still wanted to be friends
Even when you disappeared

And never said another word

Ariadne Nov 2017

A Fellow Dying Soul

Lonely tree outside my window
What few leaves are left fluttering in the breeze

It's days like this that torment you most
Not rain or snow or fog, but windy

Your weak branches struggle to flex in the wind
Like the used to do so long ago

And with each new storm
You lose another branch

Lonely tree outside my window
A skeleton of your former self

Ariadne Nov 2017

Darkness...

...Take me away
Like the leaves of the trees
On a windy day

...Hide my emotions
Behind the shroud of night
Keep them ignorant of my plight

...Entomb my soul
Hold my spirit tightly
In your shadowy embrace

...Blacken my thoughts
Until I can't think clearly

...Blind me to the truth
Until I can't see the light

...Take me away