31

December

Fading Alone

Fading Alone

 
     
 

Fading Alone  

Darkness traces the lines of my forehead,
With shadows draped before these fading eyes
As sins that no absolution might shed,
Nor penance while in this mortal disguise.
I plead guilty to the crime of being,
To the city beyond my windowpane,
With a blank gaze silently decreeing
The candlelight of all souls lit in vain,
Seeking resolution through amity
Beyond the glass reflection of my face,
(If only my loneliness to postpone)
Watching the beacons of humanity -
Like dying embers in a common space,
Burning together, yet fading alone.

~ Daniel F Mitchell

 
     

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