A child’s future

A snowflake falls on the outstretched tongue of a young child.

A bitter taste of a cold reality.

A mother’s concern for the future.

A world in chaos torn apart by war.

Ashes fall from the sky amidst the destruction.

What is this false winter?

How will we survive?

What hope is there for the future?

Fate is in charge of their unguided lives.

Only now is certain.

Tomorrow is already a memory.

What fate have we brought on ourselves?

A wheel left in motion will destroy us all.

Gone

A hardened shell of a once strong man.
A weak man now hides inside.
Hoping no one will stop to notice the changes within.
An ever weakening light.
Ready to diminish into oblivion.
Why do I hide?
Why do I give up?
Why do I not care?
One way or another it is time to let go.
Free myself from this eternal captivity.
Be free one last time.
To feel and care again.
One last time before I am consumed by the nothingness.
Before I take one last breath.
Before I am gone.

Have I told you

Have I told you I love you?

Have I told you I love your smile?

Have I told you I am complete with you by my side?

Have I told you each day is brighter with you in my life?

Have I told you it is only you that I desire?

Have I told you only you can cause me such pain?

Have I told you sometimes you make me feel worthless?

Have I told you it hurts me when you do not notice me?

Have I told you my life is falling apart because you no longer care?

Have I told you…goodbye!

Nothingness

I gaze into life with a blank stare of nothingness.
I do not see a future or a life worth living.
Numb to all my surroundings.
I push on yet I do not know the reason.

Each day I sleep, yet still I awake.
Drifting through each day looking for hope.
I continue my journey, for what I do not know.
Perhaps to prove in pain I am not alone.

Temptation to give up fills my heart.
To end the nothingness now and forever.
Lay down to sleep one last time.
Maybe to find a life worth living on the other side.

Broken

Marching alone in sadness,
Emptiness fills my heart.

Years go by,
Yet I do not move on.

A choice I make,
Loneliness is my reward.

The pain fades,
And the love is hidden.

Frozen in time,
Like a broken man.

This is what I deserve,
This is my fate.

Why Go On

Tears of sadness fall.
A once happy face loses its smile.
Emptiness replaces hope.
Yet I go on.

The luster of life fades away.
Dim is the light that is followed.
Survival replaces desire.
Yet I go on.

Numb is the feeling.
Memories of happiness fade.
Despair replaces acceptance.
Yet I go on.

Death is the expression.
Resistance to fate is pointless.
Darkness replaces everything.
Now I am gone.

Lines In the Sand

Shattered lives of an unlived fantasy.
I hear the breeze, but cannot feel the warmth.
Flowers bloom, but do not smile.
Lost at sea, I drift awhile.

Life goes by, yet I remain the same.
The beast within, I cannot tame.

A hidden world you cannot see.
One moment in time.
A lifetime to me.

I smell your hair, yet you’re not there.
Sweetness left empty.
I live in despair.

Memories and dreams.
What is real?
A life of fantasy not revealed.

Still I go on.
A broken man.
Peaceful journey?
Or just lines in the sand.