Kept By the Promise

Coffin lungs unhinge a chest open bare, fragile skin ripping thin as bat membrane- flutter in waves of vapor, from the heart that beats itself, exhuming an illusive space... defined by all that never was. The only promise left unbroken, held against all petty wills, is the nothingness that eclipses the tangible- contoured by chaos, it stands tall and futile, leaving no shade for the shelter of lost dreams. And so let the old void fill the new, where Only Hope's clumsy shadow filters in, and Fear blows every breath of whim, Asphyxiating in this open cage, for too long I chose to stay and wait for empty promises to take, and take, and take.