I fell into your words
Why did you lead me here
I know the scene
I leave, and you’re still there
A ghost in pale green blackest shades
A voice that leads
The blind into a light
A snare that binds so willingly
Why were you there
I stare at ghosts that move in shade
Slow empty days
And glass that never reaches bottom
I need to see the endless shade
I need to see death’s slow quick fade
I need to feel, to see so much
Why did I have to see your smile
Why did I need to feel your shade
I slip here slowly, undefined
The glass sits here with me beside
A gaping hole, a slipping need
To feel your heart in all its greed
And yes, I’ve said these lines before
My needing grasp, my fading shores
My feeling hopes, my reeling dreams
Your loneliness, your aching greed
Why did you have to lead me here
Your fading hopes, my darkest fear
I feel I need to go now soon, 
Your blackened heart, your lush red rooms
My liquor leads me into sleep
My grasping hopes, my darkest reach
I feel your smile fade into me
My muse is once again in reach
I’ll leave now, but just know this much
To see your lips, to feel your touch
Is all I want in this dark night
This fading hope, this fading light
And now I lay me down to sleep
Your gracious greed, your luscious feat
To leave me here, in silence deep
And so I sleep, and so I sleep.

-Kim Hunt
8-25-00

Thanks to my muse, who has chosen to fill me again with words…my deepest gratitude.