lock & key

***

beyond sight

never entering

beyond the

curtains of lashes

hidden

under piles

of shiny rocks

and scultped stones

never seen

never will be

***

listen for music

a discordant melody

that refuses to arrive

and scatter the

daffodil petals

you dipped your

toes in the

frigid water

and drowned

in the

silence

***

reach your hands out

try to grasp

what rests among

the comets and stars

again and again

your palms are

empty

while the

nothingness

drifts away

like dust

from an abandoned

corner

like thoughts

that remained

endlessly

muted

***