to memorize emotion
felt so long ago
while trapped withing a sadness
you refused to show
so melanic in your writing
you're lost within our hell
a sylph upon the winds of
a lover's ghostly spell
upon the scroll, your name is
inscribed in blood so red
a soul forever lost now
within the devil's bed.

say hello to death for me
i saw him passing through
i had hoped he'd chose me
but alas, he took you
a blackened shroud of silence
conceals your final breath
he takes you from that aching 
our dear, sweet, friend 'ole death
to bask you in a numbness
none of us can feel
for we still lay here, living
your death we cannot steal
a man with luck like yours
should hold it very dear
for we still lay in bleakness
with so much left to fear
a doctor for the chronic
wrapped in sterile white
followed now with nurses
to big us all good night
a war so long in psyche
yet they let you go
upon the horse of death here
that man i hope to know

a realization happens
like rain hitting a window
like a tear drop sliding
down the glassy cheek
of this reflective pane
into an oblivious sea
that builds below.
Beautiful in its perfection
as it consumes each treasure,
each tear, to form its cavern
within my soul.
Filling the life with emptiness,
a hollow souvenier
held in the hands
of a careless child
who once again drops it.
Shattering a soul
in search of another.
Letting pieces float away
Just slipping away in this sea
this ocean of destruction