Unbitten

I wake hoping to sleep

Rarely sleep.

Hour after eternal hour

Waking in despair.

Empty and falling

With no one to land with

No hands touching

Vacant lips.

Hot fingertips, freezing heart

Skin breaking,

Blood self-inflicted

Letting go.

Forgetting earlier words

Forgetting self

Can't forget you or the others

Haunted.

Falling

Breaking

Running out of hope

I've lost you, or

You've lost me.

--3.11.09