absence

I can see your eyes
They're distant and black
Melting into dismembered gardens
Of deep-rooted sins
I am vulnerable
Left wordless
A ghost of invisible dust

I will not steep in tears bloodied with this rust
Thriving to eat away at a crippled heart
I will not steep in the need for tears
Engorged with hidden truths of infernal reminders

Instead I will embrace this serpent
Drink its venom and plead for more
Tainted with you
I will always breathe
Without you
I become absence


A chariot leashed to a whirlwind of nowhere