Once

Once

Doleful, grainy, dim green eyes
Burnished emeralds for you
Bars to dust
You
Just you

Pallor skin, ashen, cold
Inflamed, blotched, emboldened by you
Boards to ash
You
Just you

Sadness, boredom married to pressure
Dreams relit, the world at fingertips
Qualms to sighs
You
Just you

Murky sight drenched in fear
Courage pulsing in veins through you
Masks to glass
You
Just you

Steadfast rocks, familiar and certain
Eddied seas break through to you
Anchors to ship sails
You
Just ... you

 ~ C ~