# Aftermath

Author: Kotaro50
Tags: Depression, Dreams, Night, Poem, Poetry, mistress

When the nightmare ends  
When the trembles end  
When the eyes settle  
All I see is grey  
  
As the night hangs over me  
As the stars melt away  
Into the water below the bridge  
My wishes drip, until not one stays  
  
The illusion holds me closer  
Than any of my dreams  
The comfort of a shadow  
Is my elegant mistress  
  
Whom stands before me  
And serves an empty heart  
Whose shell yearns for morning  
But her nostalgic smile flows through me as the night  
  
And her cold touch  
Feels warm upon my skin  
I embrace the caress  
Because the tears hold me from the lost dreams below  
  
While she rests her hand on me  
I wear my heart on my sleeve  
As her love is an empty one  
Yet tastes so sweet  
  
Perhaps tomorrow  
I'll wake to the love of life  
But the dieing heart of the innocent  
Reminds me that it's unlikely  
  
Because the glimmer of the moonlight  
Upon the frozen river below  
For which my mistress needn't let me fall  
Reminds me of the times I died  
  
So tonight  
We will embrace each other  
To remind myself that the stars may not be reached  
By my or her hand alone

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