~~A Remnant of the World~~

I dance

Alone and in your arms

I weep

Always witness

And am witnessed

I close my eyes

I open them again

The weight

Collapses

The arms

Break

The legs

Falter

The staircase

Of smooth marble

Crumbles like clay

I whimper and force

My legs

To bear my weight

There isn’t much desire

Left within me

To stand up again

I close my eyes

Tighter

This time

And force myself

To hold back

Hold back the scream

The ferocious

Howl

Of ferocity

Of grief

Of terror

And of bitterness

Must I dance much longer?

Must I keep the pace?

Or can I stop

Halt

And finally

Get a second

To rest my aching feet?

But no, I doubt

That I can halt

This awful rhythm

The dint of time

The dint of freedom

Summer has come again

And with it an ending

To all responsibilities

I do not place upon myself

Oh, haha

There are always responsibilities

Always things to be done

And the rhythm

Cannot halt

The oiled wheels

Will only run faster

And I can

Barely

Keep up

But I must

Even though

The seductive world

The world of beauty

Of absolute freedom

Love

Without measure

Hate

Without end

They call to me

Raphael

Alakina

Stepha

Raven

Jace

Nikita

Kakana

Dana

My Figments

Figments of my imagination

Angels, good and true

Dressed in the vestiges

Of a desirable madness

I keep the barrier

Strong

I keep the worlds

Apart

For if they are

To truly collapse

And become one

I will fall

I will collapse

At the side of the train track

A victim

Of time

And a remnant

Of the world

That had once been