"Without Words"

Gone and out,
You find yourself here with me
Standing ever so silently,
Like a scene from a horror movie
Without sound and without motive.

Your mouth moves soundlessly,
As if I were deaf,
Yet I can hear my own voice
As it implores you,
Because silence is your language.

I’m calling to you
But you won’t look me in the eyes
You don’t hear me though I’m screaming
Give me some sign that you know I’m here.

I reach for your hand
Hoping some contact will make you aware of me
But as my hand draws near
You flutter
As though you were nothing but many pictures
Moving seamlessly
Until disturbed.

My hand stabs through you
Yet I feel nothing
But air whooshing
And when I pull it away
It feels as if my hand has fallen asleep.

Mortification draws into me
While I watch the static
That embodies your being
Sizzle and pop
And then you're whole again
As if you're not even a hologram.

I try so hard to hear you
And still nothing
I scream so much through all this silence
And still no sign that you know I’m here.

I’m screaming
Screaming till there’s no air in me
I can barely see you
My vision is getting so blurry
I’m getting dizzy
You’re fading...

Like a television,
Your image slowly dissolves
Until there's nothing left
But empty darkness.

And now I realize that
You're not even real
You're just a lingering memory
Of a time long ago.  

[:Ende:]