endurance

heave and hold one solid breath

inside a room with no walls

silence thick in its illusive corners

this existence a punishment

this darkness made a home

dread feels like melting

like worlds forced to face

or secrets made to keep

hearts bleed when no one watches

these cracked pieces breaking away

solitude and sitting in our ruin

where else can we go?

but slivers of ornamental light

bleed golden before the eye

before all fades to dusk

sometimes there are no words

to explain how we feel

there must be tears

then silence

despair

before we fly