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You will not see my shadow pass
the gate of mournings eerie dark
Nor hear my voice among the reeds
that grow above my silenced heart
No fondest kiss to furrowed brow
to quell the torment of your making
for you have left me here alone
to sleep the sleep that knows no waking.
The last line was pilfered from a Victorian grave stone. It was too beautiful to leave there.
 Sep 2016 Donald Durham
Eloi
This debilitating cynicism leaves me throwing fists,
blindly, unkindly I deliberately hide so that you cant find me.

Unmentionable, the seeking of attention that we require,
and I impede my own desires with a silent fear of fire.

Hold me higher than your loved ones,
mask my bad intentions.
I wish I was as pure as my lustless suggestions.

You try to fall, I’ll hold you back.
I surround  myself with your artifacts.
My mind wanders with a sense of urgency.
I watched you fade away from me.

I discreetly try to imbibe the origins of your resentment.
Above me you reside as I strive for mere acceptance.

Escaping dignity, I ruined the bridges I built,
and bruised by your excuses I melancholicly  wilt,
condemned by a guilt that I can’t abandon, My love  for you is more than a fandom.

I’ve derobed your more times with my eyes than you have with your paws,
Our time together was macabre, Showing all of our flaws.
 Sep 2016 Donald Durham
Anna Li
The first time I met you,
I didn't think of you much
But then there was a spark,
when our hands first touched

Time went by
We talked night and day
We grew closer and closer
I have so much to say

I started to notice
I think of you often
I incorporate your name
with every word spoken

This can't be right
I am falling for you
All the time, I wonder
If you feel the same too

I am going insane
I don't know what to do
Should I tell you how I feel?
Would you say you love me too?
Anna Li © Sept 2016
 Sep 2016 Donald Durham
Anna Li
You got me trapped in a cage
that you desperately call love
You love me when I'm useful
and you hate me when I'm not

Is this what love is supposed to be?
You just damaged all of me
Isn't love supposed to make you feel warm,
secured, safe, and carefree?

Is this all that love has to offer?
Or is it just you?
Am I really a pitiful lover
whose leaving is long overdue?

I have to leave from here
This all has to end
I need to go now
Please let go of my hand
Anna Li © Sept 2016
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