Ache

I ache in wine

and listlessness

numbing a fire

that spreads beyond fear

I can feel its heat

rising up from me

its hollowing blaze

undoused by tears

I shake in despair

and nervousness

a weighted sheet

that covers me whole

I can hear its silence

pressing on my soul

its invisible words

taking their toll

I ache in dread

and restlessness

time quickens, yet

stays frozen in place

I can sense its passing

pulsing in its pace

as a heartbeat skips

through empty space

when it is too easy to surrender

and it is too hard to remember

when it all seems never-ending

I shake

as the curtains are drawn aside

and the light dawns after night

as the fire once more ignites

I ache.

Reviews

[bayla]

love-"hear its silence"- opposites "too hard" "too easy", assonance, alliteration, feeling of fear, yet numbness- the cadence is perfect

[Starling]

That means so much to me, thank you for reading!

[bayla]

Who am I to give it a rating number? It really is beautiful, yet poignant and I feel the hopelessness within the writer. What is your next step?