MUSE OF SHADOWS

Last night of the year, You're far and yet so near; Bodies drift by like smoke, Hands, drinks knot like rope, Eyes as lost as souls, Hearts filled with holes, You're near and yet so far. Last day of the year, Promises renewed without fear, Mistakes acknowledged, new beginnings rendered; Dead ends strived into possibilities, Hope rekindled like a beacon at the horizon Only to be shattered again, Like dreams and hearts and your fading voice. I was there to witness The first rays of the sun Kissing your cheeks On a new year. I was there to witness The first drops of rain Caressing your hair On a new year. I was there by your side, Waiting for my turn To kiss you for the first time On a new year. I was there by your side, And then I was not; I felt you evanesce, saw our shadows unite, Merging us for the last time On a new year. I've whispered to the stars For a thousand years, To guide me back to you. I've dreamed about your eyes...

Blurry eyes above hollow cheeks, They close and open, They see and unsee the truth: I belong nowhere. Check. Blood flows through veiled veins, It searches for your essence, It searches for the melody of your heartbeat synced with mine, until it stumbles upon the truth: I belong nowhere. Check. Hands stumble and fingers twitch, They try to find you, They try to grasp you, Too silly to accept the truth: You're gone and I belong nowhere. Check. Stars twinkle and moonlight glitters, They try to show me the way to you, They think they can substitute the sun, Too proud to accept the truth: I'm too numb to be warmed and I belong nowhere. Check. Leaves flutter as the breeze caresses my face, It tries to soothe my scorching bones, It tries to blow away the truth: You're not here and I belong nowhere. Check. I remain ensconced with hollowness, As the rain kisses newborn grass, As the rain tries to wash away the truth: The mist i...

Hello, my love! I have something to confess to you. I have something to confess to you, before I get inconspicuous again. My life's a mess - wish I could start anew, with you by my side again. Hello, my love! I tried to kiss a woman. I tried to kiss a woman who wasn't you. But I jerked back - frantic as a nightman, after her face faded and I saw you. Hello, my love! Do you still have that nightmare? Do you still have that nightmare, where I'm not clutching your hand anymore? And do they go away elsewhere, when the man beneath you tells you that I'm not there anymore? Hello, my love! I swear I'm not drunk. I swear I'm not drunk, because I have not forgotten the shape of your dimple that forms on your right cheek, everytime you blush. Everything I held dear has sunk, including you, with golden hair and blue eyes and soft thighs and scarlet lips and cute pinkies - Oh, I can't control my blush! Hello, my love! Don...

Into the starry starry night I dive, Pristine peaks ensconce me like a hive, Glistening moonlight swallows the skies, Clouds flutter by within a blink of the eyes. No hint of a soul in sight, Something doesn't feel right. Trees and twigs sway with the breeze, The air's so stale and it smells of disease, Mind grows numb with dead thoughts afloat, They wink and flicker into the horizon like smoke, I wish for sound and an end to the stillness, Everything's so quiet that it chills my bones, I look around my feet and scoop up some snow, With a gasp I realize that it's burning: Burning, burning; The souls are burning Into a thousand fading stars, Withering, blazing, scorching, searing Sensations and colours and memories of you. Ashes, ashes; The world is in ashes, And the flaming embers are coming for me. Into the starry starry eyes I stare, Forgetting to blink as I discover an universe there, Hands shake as the fingers interlink, Lips twitch ope...