Nothing will ease this ache,
this pain, 
this blank space.
My heart lies torn, 
so worn.

Words don't help, 
my mind a blur,
my sleepless brain, 
my feelings of dismay.
All these things 
pull me under,
awaken my thunder.

Alone we wonder 
and wander
from one star to another
trying in vain 
to illuminate the way
but the pain won't go away
no matter 
how we pray.

It all comes at once, 
so vivid, so blue, 
palpable.
I can taste it. 
The blood 
from my bleeding heart.
The ashes 
of my burning soul. 

Without reason 
it all comes back to me, 
floods in like the sea, 
drowning me in memories 
I can never erase. 

Reminding me every day, 
we pay for the error of our ways.

©JMCole