Waxen candlelight
Flickers alone,
The only light,
In an empty, dark room.

Dying embers
Glow quietly
In a lonely fireplace,
Their warmth banished.

Smoldering incense
Forms smoky shadows
Upon barren walls
With abandoned scent.

Sparkling champagne
Bubbles vacantly
In a single crystal goblet,
Taste unsavoured.

Classical music
Romantically plays
To ears that don't hear,
Filling the hollow room.

Silken bed sheets
Drape cold
Upon a canopy bed,
Covering no one.

Distressed tears
Weep alone
Over hopeful dreams lost
In a room without love.

A PLACE OF NO RETURN

A scarlet heart shatters
Like porcelain upon the marble floor.
An image cracks on broken glass.
Future dreams die,
A bouquet of shriveling roses.

Dark clouds block out the sun.
Comforting breeze turns to a gusty gale.
Hope drifts away,
A broken ship upon the sea
As waves crash into rocks,
Spraying mist like tears.

Grains of sand turn to dust,
Whirling across a barren field,
Empty aspirations,
Carried upon an aimless wind,
Seeking a landing space
On a journey without end.

Somber moon soars through blackened sky,
Lost amongst mocking stars,
Cold and alone
On a bitter night
Where nothing joyful happens,
Where romance does not exist.

Idle wind-chimes dangle
Without uttering a sound.
Birds fly but do not sing.
All seems forgotten
For beauty has escaped,
Banished to a harsher place
From where there is no return.

SURROUNDED

I am surrounded by your silence,
This mystery once so known to me.
Where did your heart go?
It seems I watched your every hour;
Every minute spent with you
Fades now, like the dawn,
Chases away darkness of night.

Lost amidst this loneliness,
Such as I've never known,
Not even before you;
A pain so deep,
Tears won't come,
Smothered by this ache instead.

Every dream wakes alone now,
Every passionate fire extinguished.
All that remains
Is a yearning,
So vast it overcomes
My every waking moment.

Surrounded by your silence,
I already grieve
For the memory of your heart...

TWO MOUNTAINS

I stand on my mountain,
Surrounded by mist and rain,
Stony ground beneath my feet.
It is cold here,
Lonely;
My heart, it barely beats.

You stand on your mountain,
With the sun and the wind,
The sand and the birds,
Bluest sky above you.
It is warm there,
Peaceful;
Music fills the air.

Between us, a valley stretches,
Wide and green with trees.
Far below, a flowing river,
But there is no bridge
From me to you.
I have no way of crossing
To join you on your mountain.

So, there you are with yours and
Here I am with mine.
We can see each other,
But we cannot touch,
We cannot love...

We each stand alone

AN ETERNAL FLAME

I heard a voice last night,
It was not a voice I knew;
Yet, I felt the need to listen.
I think that voice was you.

I heard you speak in the darkness,
A stranger from my past.
Just when I thought I saw you,
Your vision did not last.

I heard you sing in a dream,
A completely different sound.
I felt a wave of peace,
Billow all around.

I heard you sigh beside me
In a familiar, comforting way.
For a moment, I thought I knew you;
I wished that you would stay.

I heard your voice last night;
In a whisper, you spoke my name.
I think you were someone I once loved;
You were an eternal flame.