The Rock

Photo Credit: Ron Lach (Pexels)

The Rock

Echoes of this piecemeal thunder

Crushing clanking gears of stone

Unwieldy chains like words unspoken

The ungodly strong machines below

I cannot convey this heart unbroken

Though I must once again present to you

A gift rejected yet bespoken

My best love and all that remains

Once more I lie here shattered

Putting each piece perfectly in place

Each shard a miniature disaster

Rebuild this heart now piece by piece

Just like before I take a breath

My first thought mimicking my last

And both my dear shall be of you

Before I sleep forever falling

Failing to find the flaw in this mirage

Wearing an almost perfect façade

A lie I tell myself in passing

A deception, I'm completely fooled

And so my heart is for the taking

A hand outstretched of only bone

Ancient and already shaking

Thirsty for one true dance of love

One peaceful moment, world un-turning

Yearning for only our own

Earth beneath be damned or burning

Long as I have you and the stars above

And so with provisions I now journey

I rush across these smooth shore stones

With footfalls racing like a heartbeat

Hoping you will hold me close

Each rusty form now crowds my eardrums

Ugly words and twisted ores

With forms sharpened into edges jagged

Reaching from between each stone

So many miles I have traveled

Still standing in this self-same spot

I remain here eager at the starting

Reset and let me die once more

Let these daggers tear my heartstrings

And my body nourish feasting gulls

Let tragedy befall and kill me

My heart is dashed against the rocks

This damned machine will rise again

To crush simplicity and gentleness

The kindness of my lonely heart

This aching ancient ocean dark

Swaying here beneath the starlight

Graceful as I dodge the waves

As blades rush forth to cut and skewer

And the Earth below swallows me

This damned loop

Bound here to this beach

Clutching the crystal remnants

Of this thing that barely beats

Will none ferry that forever flame?

Is a vacant vessel all I am?

Doomed in repetition desolate

Alone here on this rock in defense

Of that one remaining ember

That lost and lonely spark

Respawning, calling, seeking love

Dancing in the dark