Blood And Ashes

by Matthias L. - Capricorn

In an empty house on crystalline sand
There's a doorway to the skies
So I look and take a little step
Towards the gates of memory

I turn around; nobody sees me
They are lost tearing down another's dreams
The myth of blood and ashes
Essential parts of the show

X marks the spot
But I won't be found 
The cards haven't changed
It's time to go

I burn inside with secret passion
To cross the maze of the past that has not been
This is a world of its own
Lies turn to lives turn to stone

Evading the falling parts 
I jeopardize my existence
A distant melody fading so quickly
By the sound of it: decomposed

Framed and behind broken glass
Reflections of my mind turn pale
Fall apart, like the words
Of the world not to be

I can't remember what it was
That made all of this start
Like leaves in the wind
Drifting on and on 'til the end

There's only fragments 
Nothing left to recall the picture
I don't have a clue
Why I'm still running

Blue skies, no sound lies beyond
Cracks appear in the hallways of the dark
Shakingly, my fingers touch the door
Break down to the air from stories above

Now I'm pushing so far,
There must be a reaction
New fears take hold of my mind
Whilst avoiding detection

So high above, I'm surrounded by heaven
Standing on a beam of make-believe,
Secrets and rumours unspoken again
Pulling away my foundations

I feel I'm falling again
Now a part of the ruins
Journeying downwards
To somewhere beyond

I look through myself
Now a part of the past 
That will not be
Left in blood and ashes
Birth sign: Capricorn
Date created: 2002-01-11 14:15:20
Last updated: 2021-03-03 14:45:34
Poem ID: 66652

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