My lasting obsession

She left me burning
seething churning
only to return
to a charred wasteland of hope

black was my mood
blue my failing heart
the red blood within
congealed toothpaste


where will it go
my pain lined despair
etched on the bark
torn wretched nails

from white to grey
bluish purple
deep purple with swollen veins
turned crimson dyed indigo


a darkness within
tentacled spreading
occupying rooms
in the center of my soul

then she comes in
softly feather gentle
cold blue death
the final kiss


@2009