thehasteningdawn

Nights of evading sleep Converging into days without dreams Outstanding evidence in clearest shades My world is black and grey. She slipped through my grasp Showcasing how my own thoughts collapse No photo-finish to a jackrabbit start As if I had a say. Summer scribbled like a page Smear together words ablaze. Jumbled thoughts in pen and ink Nothing could mean anything Days spent barely alive Exaggerate the spark that died. Slurring protests till I'm out of breath Then the feeling fades. Lapse in counterfeit sleep Robbed of reason in the stifling heat Dirty windshields and blurry eyes, I know I'm late this time. Under the

Empty spaces, day is breaking Underneath my window sill Countless phrases different portions of Thoughts that I'll regret. World is busy, pointless struggles Mundane and so obvious. Coincidental visions of a night That we both will suppress. Apprehension, mind is dragging Slower than a Monday night. Sentimental reasons for the Doubts that I still protect. Sweaty palms, my pulse is racing Hesitate, a moment lost. Silent contemplation of the Chances that I have missed. At the end of it all Stay by me Take my hand in the night Stay by me Autumn days so closely spaced Cramming in the meaningless Living in the margins of a

I'm adrift in all my thoughts; I'm going numb beneath the waves. The ship is gone, all hands are lost and though I try I can't fight for long. Now I'm drowning in your gaze, Six months at sea, now bitter end. I haven't heard your voice in days, You are the lifeline that I grasp. Now it's lost forever, what we had. Hope is gone, we're moving onwards to the end. I'm tired of fightingm close my eyes. At least they say the ending's fast. One last thought of you as feeling dies; A spark of warmth and then the calm. Your letter found in frozen fist, When I washed up on the beach. The tide returns and brings the mist, As I'm driftin