65 - A Pocket Full Of Smoke
My hands pass through the ghost you left behind;
Memories of a smile that ne'er was mine,
Clinging to my fur like a bad habit
Or ill-fitting clothes. A musty nostalgia
For a home now lost, a heart turned to stone;
There's a chill in my soul now I'm alone.
Is it too much to ask for one last touch
As a memento, proof that we were real?
Oh woe! Scour my heart and make me unfeel
The exquisite scars left by your embrace!
Wipe clean the tears I left upon your face;
Grant me grace to turn from your loving gaze!
I suppose I should send you on your way;
And yet my fingers refuse to unfurl
From betwixt the curling, coiling vapour
Of your dear-departed breath. Here you stay;
My lungs full of the smoke left in your wake,
As warm as the promise you had to break.
A shadow can't cradle you as you cry
And a flame trapped in sable can't survive.
So leave me and my ersatz love behind
And I'll remember how it used to feel;
The promise in the soft light of your eyes
That a dream could dare to dream it were real.
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The Dark Menagerie No. 65
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