Empty minds and fading Hearts

It feels like a thousand years have passed
As they reach out to each other with rotten tears,
Clinging to the thin curtain of eternity

They bend their hearts in woe

Candles flicker in the hot, moon light

as it dances on the walls
They crack and crumble,

Worn with years of pain and regret
Hollow eyed, they mumble,

trying to caress some kind of intimate
acknowledgement

Hands flow down hallways and across supper tables,

flicking the
light switch and

ashing the last cigarette
Pale bodies, withered and crooked,

never breaking the cycle
of sleepless rest

Now they fade, with ticking clocks and blurred voices

on the television screen
Reassuring them that some where...

 

people are still breathing.

And there are days
When the Sun rises and they inhale the brilliance
Opening their eyes wide and soaking in the illumination of

Life and Majesty

The smoke clears and their film covered iris's brighten

Capturing
the glory of a thousand sun rises and sets,

A billion stars...

 

They gaze in empty head.ed remorse

Had they never felt the beauty and awe of their own
Insignificant Existence?

They sigh, In heavy hearted acceptance, That the cruel and hideous
might have been worth the incomprehensible

Author's Note

now i feel as though their are too many "they"s and "their"s...

Reviews

[Miss Coral]

This was a slow read for me.. I'm generally a fast reader, and zip through things while still able to catch everything, but this- this made me slow down and consider every word. It was weighty.. it was big and it was slow, but it was gentle at the same time. The imagery was described softly, but conveyed a great deal of thought, and brought emotions with it very well.. the phrasing was beautiful, and the pace, while different, was very well suited to this.

Excellent job.

-Coral-

[Robin]

I read this and feel the weight ...