Spending hours together
So many hours, trusting
A loving bond
Sown to the heart
Strands attached
Someone, me believing
Cherished smiles
Hands held
Beneath stars
With tenderness
And gentle soft
Caresses of skin
I looked to you
A rock
Immovable and
Without warning, the
Cold throng of pain
Rang long and low
Pulverizing the iron bell
As an icy knife
Pierces a heart
Quivering, thunderstruck
Numbing disbelief
Submerged
Unquestionably
Found within
The Lie
Suddenly imprisoned
Alone
Truly alone
Hours pass in silence
Shadows by candles
Flickering ghosts
Each moment sinking
Wandering vastness
Sea of confusion
Emerging slain, changed
Empty of tears
My skeptical eyes
Falling upon a different world that now surrounds
And I thought I saw you, as though you didn’t know me
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