Only the Lonely

I am struck by pangs

of yesterday, remembered

but stuck in the loneliness

of no tomorrow lingering.

Overbearing sadness creeps in

on sandals of wet tears

The quarter moon staggers

drunkenly on my soul,

releasing my torn heart

in bloody cut pieces

        Who will chaperone my darkness?

Forlornly, I trace your missing essence

with fingers reaching for empty sky

loneliness corrodes what we once shared

You cut our ribbons holding us together

I watch the dark night shed

its dizzy coat of loneliness.

I breathe deeply but don’t exhale

I scrape my skin, failing

to rid it of membraned gloom.

I cry inside trapped in gasping moan.

Darkness and loneliness traipse

hand in hand with no trace of you.

         Who will chaperone my darkness?