Mind Waltzing

For half a heart into my eyes

I walked along the coast of skies and

shattered stained glass window panes;

The water drains and writes your name

-Into this plain I stumbled, tripped

And never knew, whence come nor gone

Or why the stained glass sand marked on

I trolled the depths of both our souls

And tasted all the fire of our lies

It came, then, as no big surprise

No change can come to true good hearts

completely thought

If you are the one left

numb

alone

And know that it's not you who has

lost

The frost has frozen all the sand

And fused the water into glassy panes

Into which my heart

And I, the one here all alone

I, drown-ed off the coasts that shone,

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© Copyright Jordan C Anderson
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