The Jagged Smiles Of Longing

Taken down the path after so long
Light streaming down from a bleary moon
Flickering rays of flickering hope
Filtering through layers of dust
A hundred shelves with a hundred unloved women
Cobwebs on all the pages

Feeling the strings pulling again
The chains that once bound him close
Enthralled and unable to stay away
Pulling tight around his quivering lips
The chilly air seems to hold no sympathy
Warmth alone in her embrace

Spending every waking hour thinking
Wondering why all looks so blank
No signs, no friends, no memories
Nothing to lead him to safety
Stopping every minute to turn back
No way to glimpse her smile

Feeling his body start to freeze
He slowly stumbles into dark waters
Deep waters rush upto swallow him
He fights back with truthful hunger
Finding her presence, the light leading him
Searching on for a breach in her defenses

When there isn't anything left to say
When all that's left is a hazy void
Looking left, looking right
Looking everywhere but through to her
A big, warm space filled with nothing
The silent sound of an innocent rejection