No Place

I walk aloof, gazing ahead Watching the motions, unconsciously As the breeze is willed to freeze Hoping it will bestow an unease That warmth will cease. I let my mind unarchive Memories that no longer recall their place Teasing wonder with each blank space A smile so sincere, looped The joy behind it, unknown. I begin my reach toward a pillar The weight becomes too much Your hand becomes a prisoner As you become my every limb Until dependency drowns your care. I stop exhaling, tempting success Born to a life of defeat Allowing figments of victory to deceive Escape paving its own path With an alternate of repetition. I let my speech be unfiltered Desperate for help, openly pleading Wishing another would come toward Take responsibility for my every fall So I can live, again.