Mournful, Residual Toll

Lamp shade shrouds my blanched soul Dimming, residual light o'er weary heart doth roll Flickering memories cloud my intellectual pole Obscure shadows flutter through subconscious pinhole Dusk, fading hope through my restive spirit doth stroll Encroaching darkness shutters my resolve; my psyche doth patrol Murky thoughts leaf through my sensory scroll Shimmering reflections flounder, then my inner being roil Foreboding sentiments my sanity will parole Oscillating dreams eclipse all feelings of control Loosely anchored in sinking ship; fueled by despondency's blackest coal Mournful echoes sound in waves, marooning courage on lifeless shoal Last glimmer of twilight, now must pay the woeful toll Shattered and shipwrecked brokered to misery's dole