No Pulse

I unravel her braids
Black as ashes
Her hands on my chest
Holding me accountable for my sins
Reliving the torment I inflicted
The pain, sharp as a stabbing knife
I can’t stop the ghosts’ suffering
I can’t alter destiny
Perplexed,
Was it a dream?
I saw heavens in her eyes
Hell in her tears
I brush away her tears
I try to say her name
I have forgotten how to talk
Her lips against mine
As her breast heaves
She twines her legs against mine
I forget to breathe
She undoes me
With her smile
I hear whispers in the darks
This is so real
The world unfreezes
My mind screams
The voice of time
Her body changes to shadow
Distracted with the lures of human world
I surrender to shadows, to death
The magic to quell my mind’s ghosts
Forget your heart, your dreams
Love can’t live in such a sick place
All is lost
Turned to ashes
Cindered shadows
Singed earth
I have ignited death’ wrath
Estranged from her
Her voice is winter
Filled with emptiness
Always in pain, alone
I am weightless, fearless
I am her light
I soar above the darkness
Swirling robes of nights
Wave of pain washes over me
Embers gleaming in my wounds
Find your song, Death says
Battle and blood
Pain and Rage
Unleash the flood
He stands as Statue as he accepts my pain
My wounds weep blood
A Star shaped scar on my heart grows
Swallowing the darkness
Swallowing the pain
All that remains
Is her dark hair
And her hand on my chest
That does not feel pulse

Maxwell O’Reilly