In my mind
A seared memory
Is etched
In lineaments of sorrow
The stark desolation
Of a bleakly dark landscape
Grown darker yet
By despair and lack
Of hope
Gaunt feelings mingle
With narrow emotion
Memories of a potion
That soothes me
To a morphine stare
Married to
A numbed heart
And a jittery mind
How to find
A way out?
Anaesthetized
By white lines
Of lies, inhaled
A diversion of self
Obliteration of an atmosphere
As silently a tear
Leaks from my eye
I try to change
As I range
Down empty streets
At 3 am
Looking for them
Those sellers of dreams
Dreams that turn
Silently and imperceptibly
To the horror
Of blind addiction
As another night
Sleepless, passes
And I seek to forget
What I have lived
A seared memory
Is etched
In lineaments of sorrow
The stark desolation
Of a bleakly dark landscape
Grown darker yet
By despair and lack
Of hope
Gaunt feelings mingle
With narrow emotion
Memories of a potion
That soothes me
To a morphine stare
Married to
A numbed heart
And a jittery mind
How to find
A way out?
Anaesthetized
By white lines
Of lies, inhaled
A diversion of self
Obliteration of an atmosphere
As silently a tear
Leaks from my eye
I try to change
As I range
Down empty streets
At 3 am
Looking for them
Those sellers of dreams
Dreams that turn
Silently and imperceptibly
To the horror
Of blind addiction
As another night
Sleepless, passes
And I seek to forget
What I have lived
