Thursday, May. 29, 2003/11:29 pm

regret

Eyes as cold as glazier ocean.

Open wide, stunned through each lens.

Sadness brushed over the surface of expression.

The aftermath of pleaful cries.

A dip where tears used to lay their beds.

Motted shadows cover edges,

insomniac glints, lashes still curled.

Memories trapped in a haunted painting.

/

Graveyard remains. An air of tragic waste.

Plaits caught between ivy.

Red's and browns between jaded jems.

smoldering, humidity.

Screams through stained glass windows.

Ribbons snatched by wind.

Trodden dirt between floorboard gaps.

Lingering death of a life once lived.

/

Uncover notes of madness.

Scribbles in blue ink,

She forgets to dot her i's

and cross her t's.

Glass droplets hang from ceilings.

Sickly perfume clouds each space

Dots of clumsy fruit fingers.

Red satin rather than blue lace.

/

Cloaked in a chapel as silent as sin.

Whispers skim under steps.

Cold fingers latched round hollow wood,

Limp, fragile skin blotted grey.

A moon that watches between dimming night.

Silver shines over all that is still.

Her head resting in swarms of thawed regret.

Slipping into her black dress, survival too late.