darkness wears two faces
one is void and empty
cold and harsh
leaving nothing
but you and your loneliness
the other is warm and permeates
it engulfs you entirely
cradling you in its arms
lulling you to sleep
humming its tender silence

an unquenchable thirst
an insatiable hunger
an airless breath
love, without you

Flames lick my feet
as my flesh peels away
Shards of glass glisten with blood
But nothing is more painful
Than this ground of eggshells I walk