Broken

I scream. I cry. I die.
Glass shatters.
Millions of shards tearing,
Rending flesh and bone.
Burning red searing pain,
Scorching hot molten lava,
Boiling rock shooting
Geysers of searing
Broken red black streaks
Destroying all.

Alone. Broken.
Bleeding. Dead.
Pieces coalesce.
Whole again.

Haunting memories.
Dazed confusion.
A broken winged bird
She flies off
The sun sets on her trail.
The moon lights a way.
Elsewhere the wolf howls
Heard by none.

Screaming quiet.
Loud denial.
Quest for the damned.
You cannot escape.
The cat's brown eyes
Flicker elusively
Leading the moon on
In a relentless
Pointless chase

Oblivion.
Wonderful escape.
Her haunting melody
Wondrous trance
Beautiful hallucination
Shattered by reality
She disappears
False hope
Illusion of happiness.

Her voice comes still
Illusion only broken
Again by shadow
The light meeting dark
She is out of my grasp
I will forever linger
Dead and alive
Joyfully depressed.
Alone.

      -- Bem Ajani Jones-Bey   5.03.99