Monday 5 November 2012

I am Home



When your days
Slip down that filthy drain
Do not go with them
Do not forget
To look back
And decode
The faces
Of those who stand
As a mirror
To your smiles
And tears.

When your heartbeat
Slows down
When your limbs
Turn jelly
When you brain
Journeys
To its last tether
And you see red
All around you
Do not shut your eyes
And wait to cross over
Do not forget
To turn back
And look
Do not refuse
To step out
In search
Of home


In your world of dreams
You are marooned
At the center
Of a shadow
You heed not the call 
Of a silent crier
Who's tears leak
Through your roof
At midnight

When your days
Are full of night
When your nights
Are further eclipsed
When your prayers
Echo back
Into your ears
And the smell
Of carrion
Invades
Your nostrils
Do not burn out
Your senses
And wait
To cross over
Do not forget
To turn back
And look

And my love,
Please..
Do not fail to see,
That
I am home.

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