the label you stuck (on me)
now curls at its darkened edges
and sways in the gentlest breeze
about to fall off and fly away
the glue was gnawed through by ravenous Time
while hurrying on its inevitable way…

the label you stuck (on me)
now curls at its darkened edges
and sways in the gentlest breeze
about to fall off and fly away
the glue was gnawed through by ravenous Time
while hurrying on its inevitable way…

the wall you built
(so meticulously)
of reinforced concrete
has a door
and windows with bars
the one I built
of silence
(and indifference)
has none

last night I dreamed
I lost you to the Grim Reaper
in the relative darkness of an overcast day
you flew away on a black kite
never to return
despair hugged too tight
suffocating
waking me with an unbearable ache
in the first light of the morning
when reality was a revelation
I whispered to myself
he’s not gone, he’s not gone
but tell me darling
were you ever here?

did an unspoken word
signal you an easy invitation
to partake
in my annihilation…

your preys
don’t have names
they hide
behind pseudonyms
(like you)
and grow fat
on buttered words,
while you feed
(like a frenzied shark)
on insecurities
a mutual love fest
of the faceless
