You the one with chestnut hair
Shining like wet skin in sunlight
Eyes always the gateway of the secret of you
No one could quite penetrate
A waiting room where you kept the world
Echoed with laughter, screams, silence, dreams
Closer than most to you, I saw right on through
You were anything but what people knew of you
An enigma wrapped up in a puzzle, and tied with confusion
Pain was always there, a face war torn
Seemed almost proud as a soldier with the badge of courage
Blood stain already on your carpet
A thin red line kissing the metal
That oozed warmth like sunlight
While stealing the rays, slipping into the dark
Like a lover with ulterior motives
Cold and stiff the reality
Left behind on the cracking baked ground
Of deserted life
And I can still see you in the distance
Waving see-through on the horizon,
A mirage    


© 2007 C.Nichols