Listing

I sing my song, but choke on the words
Remembering every
lie I have heard.

Fighting the swell but listing badly,
The Past – The Future
combining madly.

Decisions – Choices
words not spoken,
each and every promise broken.

A Death a Life
a fairy tale,
all combining to form this gale…

Tears of rage so dark and deep
burn my chest,
as through they seep.

Rabid thoughts chasing dreams
mired by fear and
silent screams.

Look through the pages
and hope to see
some small trace of me.

Hide from mirrors
and from friends
until this day of darkness ends.

  ~  © Barry Veinotte