Blood and rouge,

Greed and dread.

I saw your face,

Heard what you said.

Sleep calls, singing, ringing.

Let me find you in the dark.

~~~

I broke it down,

Elements of life,

Carbon unfastened,

Building blocks of strife.

Pace of ocean waves, unyielding.

Cuckoo chasing silent lark.

~~~

My electrons

Are mixed with yours,

On the moon

And foreign shores.

Blind feet dragging, buried

Deep beneath scratchy sheets.

~~~

There is hope

If one life survives.

Hold my torch.

Burn me alive.

Mind them, the dreams, waking.

Falling dead or just asleep.