greyskies

you know the darkness?

(clouds overhead)

the greyness. when it rains

we sleep under this sky,

letting rain fall in between each breath,

oozing between our waking thoughts and

our dreams.

like darkness.

shadows starved -

wrapping their hungry hands around

the light, squeezing the water out,

letting it fall.

freezing rain.

reflecting that darkness back,

seeing faces you don't recognize.

(rain-soaked teeth)

gnawing on the flesh,

cold and too proud.

solitary.

rain light.

greying skin,

watermarks across the bone.

you know the darkness.

rain between the sinew and blood.

flooding the system:

grey sky in your skull seeping into your dreams.

rain water,

mirrors,

clouds overhead.