All my thoughts were forever yours,
shackled to heart surrendered to you
Pledges foretold fulfillment of dreams,
with time's passing they faded from view

Undaunted by tears I pleadingly shed,
your eyes for another granted no heed
My placement within miniscule thoughts,
bore me to a region of darkened dread

Landscapes in black, beneath bright skies
fashion my days into fall of night
Trapped in a maze, which depression spawns,
phantoms come haunting in deathly guise

From blue encasement of muzzled steel,
voices beckon me to an eternal fate
Their plaguing whispers ceaselessly urge,
submit to prompts of damnation's will

Silence will come with reporting thunder,
easement given to a broken heart
Allow the abyss to be tomorrow's dawn,
within your hand is the sought sunder

On a tide of crimson sails are set,
a passive calm brings no waver
Lost in a sea of turmoil thoughts.
another fool pays love's final debt

© C.E. Vance