12th
Ground Zero
Twisted steel adornes the shattered rock
amongst an empty pool of worn loss and tainted desire
where sadness leeks from within cracks in stone
like tears from a basin
of a million weeping hearts
where madness seeps out of hatred
here it collects
like a shrine
an idol
to our capacity for horror
a farewell to souls
that lay within the bitter ashes
of lost dreams and silenced voices
of friends and lovers
of mothers and daughters
of fathers and sons
Will I recognize you when we meet again
perhaps
on the other side?
after so much life has passed
after so much loss has deformed
my face
unrecognizable in suffering
twisted
like steel callapsed on rocks
I used to play with your hair
you used to sing me a dream
We were married
under the veil of a sweet rain
and seperated now
by the unforgiving barriers of fire
I spoke to you of loss once
you felt my face
a tender kiss
goodbye
Where have you gone my little one
so far so soon
how I will ever find
myself within
a pit of ash, stone and fire
Forgive me
for all that I did not say
for all i did not do
for all I promised
all we did not live
give me now
here
amonst the decay and stone
one last breath of reason
so that i may seek to find
some semblance of solace
from your eternal absense
a fortress
collapsed
over the earth it poured
a shower of flesh and fire
a sunrise
of gray and black
a birth
an arrival
of a new
millenium
