i hear a dripping tonight
within an
unexplainable shadow
uncertain depths
incomprehensible darkness
here is empty
and i have lost myself
love has lost its sweetness
dreams are
black and white
and bitter in the
afterglow of life
in this place
i cannot make out
my own heartbeat
no pulse, no breath
i am without
there is nothing
to the inside
a hollow shell
a skin of who i once was
a carcass and a
broken promise
among crumbling bones
all is left
to be scattered
into this mild wind and mist
where flesh is torn
and where blood
was once shed
for a love
that brought me nothing
but hurt
and left me 
just as quickly, now
i am nothing but a name
a face to be forgotten
a stone to be 
cast away into a sea of sorrows
rippling into yesterday
truly, i cannot
remain here
i am nothing
but a shattered muse
a lonely soul
an aching misery
a heart gone cold
and, as i search out a reflection,
i find nothing except
you in these
tired, absent eyes
i have burried you
in these 
God-forsaken ashes
never a burden
just a reason to cry out
into the echo of hope
and receive no
backward glances
not even a backward curse
i was nothing to acknowledge
and tonight
i am nothing but a lie
a raindrop on the windowpane
a footprint in the
faded grass of empty fields
the tears of these dying trees
a shadow cast among
this present darkness
i an now and forever
your shadow