Phantoms rise
Circling vapors carry
Unavoidable tandem

Delight abandons the sky
Frightened by gruesome reflections
Images no longer hidden
Behind the veil

Contentious desires falling
Among devilish illusions
Drowning beneath nightmare’s fathoms

Begging into the night
Pleading against the
Dissipating kindness

Fleeting thoughts turn desperate
Seeking unattainable refuge
Weary of feigning civility

Aspirations fading to dust
Quietly burned away
By the silent sunrise