Within them I keep you
safe, tucked away, and always remembered.
Where I can see you always,
hear you always,
feel you always.
It's you I see behind closed eyes
in quiet still hours,
in midnight scenes
forever and always
within Illicit Dreams.

Where footfalls fade and echoes stir
amongst fractured realities and dreams deferred
Shadows loom...expand... make their mark
forsaking the light to birth the dark.

As darkness falls, as shadows lie
as cold winds blow, and devil's rise,
for those who listen will hear the call,
of sinister whispers, shrieks, and bawls.

Do not fret, do not fear
these shadows whisper, " Come near, come here..."
Their voices linger, their voices yearn
gnarled fingers reach, eager for their turn.


They wish to ******, they wish to take
to swipe, to steal... to alienate.
dragging tortured souls down boundless wells,
into the deepest chasms, the darkest hells.

Void of life, void of light
endless, eternal, forsaken night.
A haven for those who dwell below...
Within the Sanctuary
of Shadows...

we would be more than friends...
more than confidants.
More than late night texts,
over hesitated fingers,
and true feelings unsent.
In another lifetime...
we would have fallen
down the rabbit's hole
into a blissful place
where no one else could follow.
I wouldn't have chosen him,
and you wouldn't have chosen her,
instead we would have found one another,
and spent our days amongst the clouds.
In another lifetime...
I would love you not from afar
but up close
intimately
completely.
In this lifetime we are no more than
stars crossed...
opportunities missed and
loves lost, amongst the chaos of life.
In another lifetime
In another space,
some other place...
we
would
find
each other.

Shadows cast, eerie silence
blood, crimson, mindless violence.
Hushed voices, chaos...dread.
lives lost, withered dead.