Time

all words fade but your name
is burned into my skin
hearts repeating rhythms known
folly and fear keeps them
from beating anew

cold winter numbs
all but my mind
thoughts of you rise to the surface
like so many corpses
floating
rotting
the stench fills my nostrils yet
i can't turn away
my will is weak

bruised inside
perfect outside
the mess you made is invisible
people blind to the pain
but for your name
branded against pale flesh

to break free is to seek
rhythms unknown
dark and unfamilar
fear is great
and yet

the time has come

to enter the dark