She escaped to her room
In hopes that she would find...

Walls built high block out everyone
With good and bad intentions...

Ever falling leaves
Paint beauty onto pavement...

The cold water doesn't push away
The pain anymore, it doesn't distract...

Heat floods off the grey sidewalk,
Distorted lines rising higher and higher...

They walked hand in hand down the road,
The onyx night cascading like ribbons of velvet...

Empty stares produce pictures of a dream-like...
One that is more angel than human, a pure delight...

Multiple pictures flash through my throbbing head,
Enraging a suppressed pain that haunts a heart...

Tuck the child into their bed,
So small, covered in black lace...

Restless, I wander quietly through this castle of...
Escaping none of my tears and regrets, none of my...

Her eyes roamed over the words on the small...
A tale of two lovers told by someone unique...

A smile lies forced upon my lips
No one sees how it takes its toll...