• lucid slumber of sadness

    i need you to come now
    and whisper in my ear
    of heartbreak and tragedy
    rap on the walls of my soul
    and shake things up a bit
    wake me, rudely, from
    this lucid slumber of sadness –
    it’s almost morning now
    and there is no time
    in the bright sunshine
    for tears and sorrow
    so come now, quickly,
    before the sun rises
    and fill me up with
    all the agonies i can bear
    so i can wring them out
    and then start anew.

     

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  • so it comes and so it goes.

    today, i unexpectedly found something of yours lying in the depths of my heart;
    i wanted to hold it, to turn it in my hands, feeling the shape of our abandoned dreams in all of its angles.
    i thought i might bring it close to my face, breathe deeply, and be reminded of your scent… maybe close my eyes and somehow see yours once more.

    might you even feel me across these tortured years, gently probing in some synaptic way?
    i held my breath and reached out… it crumbled like cold ash from a long gone fire the moment my fingers tenderly grazed it, drifting away, mercifully, on the winds of change.

    i cannot recall the sound of your laughter.

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