I used to look up at the sky
Each and every night...

The silence is deafening,
Absence continues to amplify...

Shame on me for believing that this was different,
For fooling myself into thinking I was special...

I will always be in love with her
In such a way that I cannot, and will not...

Hurt me, love me
Breathe me, need me...

I shut off the lights
And lay on the bed...

She called me Red -
When the world collapsed...

A limp hand reaches into the void
That wraps around a crumpled form...

I stare into the silence
While I contemplate what I've feared...

Let me fly
Amongst my birds...

I -
A foolish poet...

A stolen soul
And a heart to match...