64

Sixty-Four

Ransom

Drummers chant the end

Lies held ransom for the truth

Finding ways to die

63

Sixty-Three

Counting

Counting up from none

Hearts grow fond as time goes on

So long gravity

62

Sixty-Two

Ripples

Ripples in a pond

Calmed by naught but greater waves

Throw a second stone

61

Sixty-One

Sand

Castles made of sand

Monuments raised up from earth

Crumble in the wind

60

Sixty

Haste

Poets in great haste

Dreams and horrors pressed by time

Soothing those who wait

59

Fifty-Nine

Enthralled

By tempest and blaze

Demons are angels enthralled

Stars are cloaked in dark

58

Fifty-Eight

Mirrors

Puddles in the mud

Mirrors show the truth once feared

Spend your whole life dazed

57

Fifty-Seven

Farewells

Abandoned again

Those superficial farewells

Left to wish on stars

56

Fifty-Six

Vague

Friends he never had

Brought to life in every way

Pale, vague illusions

55

Fifty-Five

Whistling

Winter lacking white

Desolate but not alone

Heed the whistling wind

54

Fifty-Four

Ash

Monuments of ash

Stone but dust in time's cruel clutch

Hearts can weather storms

53

Fifty-Three

Baby

Stung by his own hand

A baby cries into the wind

Cradled close, it stops

52

Fifty-Two

Veins

Winter chills the blood

Snow and hail permeate our veins

Hearts still burn like fire

51

Fifty-One

Wasting

On that self-same path

Open minds need open ears

Wasting breath on words

50

Fifty

Learn

Songbirds sing in vain

Well-intentioned notes unheard

Soon those birds will learn

49

Forty-Nine

Age

Youth avenged in age

Water trickles down the rocks

Stolen time replaced

48

Forty-Eight

Vipers

Traces of the past

Lie in old forgotten light

Vipers in the grass

47

Forty-Seven

Banners

Tackled by a wind

White flags raised against all will

Banners tear with time

46

Forty-Six

Razed

Flames are kept secret

Vision razed in mercy's jest

Stifled by the hand

45

Forty-Five

Place

Stark and barren hills

Convalesce in distant lands

Searching for a place

44

Forty-Four

Bequeathed

Morning melts the snow

Dawn forgives the night her sins

Stars bequeath the sky

43

Forty-Three

Silent

Darkened blood-shot eyes

Waging wars against myself

Scream in silent pain

42

Forty-Two

Ice

Dreams deprived of sleep

Wakeful eyes make reason blind

Bridges burned in ice

41

Forty-One

Salt

Poison for the weak

Thawed in full from unwept salt

Let the mighty fall

40

Forty

Genesis

Genesis of blue

Thunderclouds denied release

Lusting for the rain

39

Thirty-Nine

Offence

No break from offence

Deserted in hopeless words

Still so full of hope

38

Thirty-Eight

Tones

Words so often lost

Left to die on tone-deaf ears

No means of escape

37

Thirty-Seven

Smiles

Brighter than the sun

My heart defies gravity

Every time she smiles

36

Thirty-Six

Plague

Wasted from within

Plague wreaks havoc on the mind

Self-inflicted pain

35

Thirty-Five

Mystics

Cover to cover

Found and lost between the lines

Mystics dressed in black