"Despair"

The glow of the red moon illuminates our pain
Leaves us nowhere to hide our flaws
Intrinsic to the core of our very beings
Closing my eyes I can still see your back
The scars dancing across your pallid skin
Shadows of what you tried to leave behind.
I try to hold you, to bring you back to me
But there's nothing but cold air, ghostly presence
That lingers on this plane of existence
Refusing to let go of the despair that holds you back.
That hazy seed of doubt now threatens to overwhelm
Falling to my knees in the eclipsed darkness
My mind questioning my purpose
The reason for each breath that I draw
A broken soul in a defective shell
Destined never to survive, but to fall into nothingness
Reflection of the despair in my heart.

- 9/Dec/2005