Keep Me Tethered Here
I was left alone, in the cold
Nights went by, slowly—with echoes
Of raindrops on a shattered pane
Succeeding, cascading, falling in waves
And shivering tides—I shifted
To absence, dropped the scales
Unbalanced and diluvian the clouds weighed
On my heart and the sky—you kept me
Tethered to your heart and though
It is now gone my chains still bind me to loss
Inescapable—your specter follows me
Wherever i hide, assuming your story has eyes
I find repose and recluse
I mourn—you
Are the shadows beneath my feet
And the sun too, the chimes and wind
You surround me, your ghost—darkly
Exudes the pain you brought with you
And bittersweet is the spectacle
Of your infusion—the living
You continue to grip slyly, as vines,
When will your branches
Suffocate my foliage—the last leaf fallen
That your void will be cleared at last
That I may carry
And you may rest