VANISH

My tears lie

On the cold keys 

Of the Grand Piano

Wretched against 

The magnificent white.

Lost is my song

Gone with the breeze

Through the open window

They come and leave.

Bring me light!

This candle is nearing its end

The flames fade away

To dust 

They are freed

I am chained yet.

The strings of the Violin

Gleam againt the dried roses

Drawing the fading lines

Between

Salvation and Longing

Hurt 

Forgiveness.

The music sings,

"Close your eyes

And blow your wish

To the breeze."

I sing,

I wish to vanish

Into obscurity

Into the burning glass

Of broken chandeliers 

Into the pools of light

Beneath the reddening sky

Among the leaves of the birch

That dance to the wild storms

Among the fallen drops

That lay forgotten

On the wet marble floors 

That were left unwiped.

I wish to vanish.