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The red hue of the sky

blots in my mind’s eye.

As I watch from the heavens

the traipse of thoughts.

Evanesce into a transient memory,

longing to return home.

Standing on a pillar

a god’s point of view.

Learning of inequity

in the deeper shade of blue.

How lonely it must be up there!

Life and death in your hands,

good and evil in your midst.

Freedom to do whatever you like.

Yet you choose to remain silent

as death razes the land.

Try as I might to climb the boundless summit

I awake from the hand

of my eternal slumber.

Relishing the dream

from the top of the mountain.

Forever lost in the white gleam

of the gray ebb of the fountain.

The faster I climb

the higher I go

the faster I fall.

The longer I hold on

the more I lose control.

Try as I might to prevent the fall

it is only a matter of time before the bells toll.

I glance your lithe white shadow

hide behind the clouds of tomorrow.

I reach out and touch your face

through the red billows of thought

I was burned by the calescent glaze

of your eternal grace.

I run away ensconced in my black incubus

drive you towards the omnibus of life.

Locking you away

in forever and a day.

Waiting, waiting, waiting

as dark waits for the light.

You’ve never let me out of your sight.

You hide in a pink touch

a tiger’s kiss in white bliss.

A child’s light whisper

and honest gaze.

As an ephemeral moonshine

drips from the night sky.

Yet you remain a secret

locked in the embers of my mind.

Your face shimmers like a

picturesque sunset reflected on a blue stream

etched in my imagination.

Meandering endlessly on the yellow brick road.

Yet your face seems so familiar

something that I’ve longed for since birth.

As I comprehend briefly the ambiguous haze

a breath of new life dances in my mind.

Invigorates every movement every step.

I let go and you control

everything seems worthwhile.