without your love

I slowly fall apart

leaving bitter remnants

of a broken life

with my last breath

I reach out

grasping onto straws

watching as they fall

I see the world moving by

through a warped image

twisting the thoughts

distorted moments

lost between reality and 

perception

The view through my eyes

shows the beauty surrounding

yet turns away from

the ugliness within

Layers of cold, 

compress on my chest

tightening the soul

caged within

my dualistic nature

brings forth 

flurries and intertwines 

pulls apart and whirls

in tumultuous surprise 

straight to my heart

I chase fading dreams

looking up, looking forward

searching

trapped within,

lies a cold, closed heart

hidden in shadows

I view a world,

broken, damaged, burned

I view a world,

looking for change

I hope to find,

vast, open, free

Light warms where darkness cools, yet both are needed to bloom.