Looking at stars through smoky eyes
Red swollen crusted shut
Searching for answers
Hidden by clouds misty presence
Blue on black mars pink skin
Jack-numbed pain the only cure
Blurred shamelessly for the moment
But will awaken come the new day
Undeserved yet frequently betrothed
Neither a remedy nor a solution
Peering round corners when least expected
Emotion runs numb for peace
Memories from far in the past
Still leave curdling blood
No transfusion can tame
Forever alive without love
powerful poem ...
Glad it's in the past!