I was going to be on time
But then I saw you
Blue eyes
The strings that connect us far too stretched out
Worn
Weary
As I walked away, catching time in my stride
The grey sky was bluer than it had been before

Holding one earbud in my hand
I am half in the world, half in my head
The dichotomy is soothingly shattering
I have power over this splintering
I have power over something

Waking up with the sun
Dusty eyes and sagging skin
Watch the mourning crowd roll in

Plaited hair, pressed apparel
Picket fences guard their tomb
Chained and guided from the womb

Silently they ruminate
But instead they walk on by
Truth obscured by vacant eyes

I was a child
Precocious and arrogant
Lost in the light
But you found me

I was ambitious
But lazy and proud
You took my hands
And taught me

You taught me
That there is so much more
To learning
Than knowing

With every class
I saw that my mind
Needed my hands
To succeed

I was a child
But you took me as more
And under your light
I grew

Because of you
I am more
Than a curious mind
And a wandering heart

Because of you
I am more
Than an arrogant child
And a clever girl

Because of you
I found my impossible soul
Had more to work with
Than impossibilities

And though I waited
To tell you these things
I hope you can hear them
My Enlightener.

Please rest in glory

Isn't it strange
How the glow of life
Can be snatched away
So quickly

How the iron in our veins
Can give us life
And all at once
Rip through them

Death is just another adventure
They said
They cried
They hoped

But adventure here
Or adventure there
The words in my throat remain
When they should have reached your ears

Viscous vengeful iron
With sharp fingertips
And blindness
You take another life

Procrastination
Dark and tempting delay
With illusions of tomorrow
You took my life

No more.
For you, my friend
Though iron cannot be ruled
Procrastination will take no more.

Glistening with shadows
Faces drift like dandelion fluff
Through the sunlight

Tearing through my veins
They disappear like cloud kingdoms
In the sky

Just out of my reach
They
Remain