Cross the bridge
over the chasm
search.
Keep searching
you seek them out
to no avail
move on
Why do we keep chasing
even with shattered shins
envious of those who have everything
wanting to help who have nothing
Who refuse to look you in the eye
who have impelled you to leap,
lighthouse to lighthouse
to each and every hearth
You could repudiate no longer
the gnawing at the foot of your door
no longer does the purr subside
nor the warmth of the colors
cure the estrangement
They were known for maledict
your spitting image beneath us
Weep,
for metal and pavement do not mix easy
And you who wish it had been a dream
and she who dreams of her own harm
I became powerless then,
as if alive, I could no longer remain
sit still, sat alone, yet chained to routine
but nine days had ought to be enough