{"sf1_id":800529,"sf2_id":"znJY20Km","title":"Aftermath","author":"Kotaro50","words":202,"posted_at":"2014-12-27T04:09:00.000Z","tags":["Depression","Dreams","Night","Poem","Poetry","mistress"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/800529-aftermath","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/s/znJY20Km","image_url":"https://cdn.sofurryfiles.com/submissions/thumbnails/33/62/33620639-a14d-4c7d-b0df-25a59312f558","description":"","content":"When the nightmare ends  \nWhen the trembles end  \nWhen the eyes settle  \nAll I see is grey  \n  \nAs the night hangs over me  \nAs the stars melt away  \nInto the water below the bridge  \nMy wishes drip, until not one stays  \n  \nThe illusion holds me closer  \nThan any of my dreams  \nThe comfort of a shadow  \nIs my elegant mistress  \n  \nWhom stands before me  \nAnd serves an empty heart  \nWhose shell yearns for morning  \nBut her nostalgic smile flows through me as the night  \n  \nAnd her cold touch  \nFeels warm upon my skin  \nI embrace the caress  \nBecause the tears hold me from the lost dreams below  \n  \nWhile she rests her hand on me  \nI wear my heart on my sleeve  \nAs her love is an empty one  \nYet tastes so sweet  \n  \nPerhaps tomorrow  \nI'll wake to the love of life  \nBut the dieing heart of the innocent  \nReminds me that it's unlikely  \n  \nBecause the glimmer of the moonlight  \nUpon the frozen river below  \nFor which my mistress needn't let me fall  \nReminds me of the times I died  \n  \nSo tonight  \nWe will embrace each other  \nTo remind myself that the stars may not be reached  \nBy my or her hand alone\n\n  \n  \n\n"}