Eyeless In Wonderland Too
Why can't you just be the you that
doesn't own a star?
the one who has no comet
to hang on to
out so far?
Everybody loves you
but you cannot know your place
flashing off and on again
with neon on your face.
I raised you in the morning,
then I tossed you to the sky
I want you back
the night so black
has fallen in my eye.
I can't come out to find you
the map has turned to flame
I 'm waiting here behind you
where the angels
know my name.
Fragile floors of amber
frighten me with secret stores
beneath my feet
I see the ones
who tried to go before.
Their frozen eyes rebuke me
for sending you to try,
to shatter time
within your rhyme....
you've compromised
the core.
The countdown
chills and thrills me
I shiver and I pray,
will I be there to breathe
the air,
that's left of what
you say?
Copyright © Johnette Loefgren | Year Posted 2006
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