A slow and painful crash
Where one sees one's face
Approach the dashboard in infinite detail
Where one has time
To check one's fear in the mirror
But instead takes a suck on a vape
And puts one's foot down
And, speeding through abandoned suburbs,
Is caught in a storm of fire.
Carry me from the burning vehicle?
No, better to wait inside
And watch thoughts fly from window to window
Like glowing ashes
Until the mind is quiet
And the roof withers with embers
Lilac in their demise
For only in silence
Can the sphere of the stars unfold
And the old clepsydra drip dry, again.
Kittens in shade of pink
The jolly moon in glow
A glorious light had come to blink
Like the hues of a rainbow
The air of life, she almost took
Paving light for her existence
The gloomy eyes were there to look
Agonizing in silence
For the dawning is a wonder
But the winds were harsh like thunder
The throbbing heart left to ponder
Shun away just to wander
For the trials of clepsydra
Were devious as the limbs of hydra
Like the burning aura of Ra
With the freezing grip of tundra
But one day her charmed smiles
Will untangle the folds of fate
And the troubles I ran in miles
Will embolden the dare of faith
The faint heart shall falter no more
For the ship will come to shore
And the captain that she is
Will bring forth the rains of bliss