Broken Shadow of Me

Broken Shadow of Me

Broken shadow of me,
Cryptic broken glass shards
Littering the floor like so many lost souls.
There’s a stabbing pain behind my eyes,
Feels like I could rip them out of my skull
And not notice they were gone.
Feels like I could tear the skin from my hands
Bit my bit and watch it crumble,
That’s how dry and devoid of emotion I am.
I’m fading like the colors of a painting
Left out in the sun for too long,
Like a rose left to wilt by the highway.
I feel invisible in the worst way possible,
Like everyone knows I’m there and sees through me anyways.
I will show you fear in a handful of dust,
Like the ashes of our forefathers
Blanketing my palm and leaving a sooty trail as they slip through my fingers.
And the stars gaze at each other, silent and unfeeling,
Cold in their miserable existences,
Like two sphinxes gazing one at the other
With an unbreakable gaze full of enigmas.
Every mystery in the universe you can fathom,
Every horror you can imagine,
Is contained within me.
For I am the midpoint of the star’s gaze,
The very cortex of the sphinxes murderous glance,
The worst enigma you can pull out of the blackness of your mind.