Tempest

In the twilight hours it may call me

Winding time beneath my stare

In the darkness where it's lonely

Laying with tangled fingers in my hair

Lost in selfish fancies

Night seeps into my skin

Ocean waves roar in the breeze

Tides bring what was lost back in

Yet what must be gone forever

Is what I really want

Each night will endeavor

Like an echo, to trick and haunt

Don't listen to the whispers

Their promises run dry

Heart covered in blisters

Over the cracks that bleed through each eye

Ugly as that makes me

Growing weaker every day

Haggard and forlornly 

 . . . You just had to have your way

Oceans of water surrounding -

Understand, they couldn't hurt

Half as much as this hounding -

A fraction of remembering how we used to flirt

Used to, but nevermore

Now that I know what you truly are

Tempests whirl within your core

 . . . Memories still cling to me like tar

Etched yourself into my heart -

Tear it out and start anew

Ignite my soul, allow me a restart

Love is so much truer without you

Darkness yet follows

Echoing "til death do us part, you said"

And in the desperate attempt to claim this rose

Tempests rise around my head

Hold too tightly, and I am dead