last one standing

all things have escaped my wording at some time

there seems now left only one

this one, this miasmic gray

that finds me in the safety i pretend to trust

and wakes me from the lie

reminding me it's slinking self

is always lurking, hiding in the closets of my mind,

in the corners of the room where i have brushed it

where it will not remain

to go easy into it's goodnight

and i am left with the reality i thought i finally knew

as big a stranger to me now as i was to myself

the moment i was born

into the sieve of the soul

that is this world

alone in my last refuge

with the last monster left unvanquished

laughing,

both of us knowing

that the only thing he need fear

lies in a name

Reviews

[Jerome F Knox III pseud..]

I love the hues of this piece against the back drop of some words I have to add to my vocabulary .

Brilliant closing
alone in my last refuge
with the last monster left unvanquished
laughing,
both of us knowing
that the only thing he need fear
lies in a name

[Karen D Reeves]

Thanks! Damn, I just published this a few minutes ago. You're fast!