Sole Passenger

Under flocking grey clouds
A gathering hounding to lay the ground
I walked under water
I ventured with uncertain footsteps
Towards the sound of a cold bell
Mere yet harsh rings were like my merciless destiny
Hastily awaiting the arrival of no one but my very self
My lunar shadow still glared by my side
Refusing to ease off its grasp
Tired old doors finally closed
Behind my near crumbled self
All heard was my hammering heart
In this forsaken carriage
It was to begin.

As I could once again unfold my neglected body
Dust spiralled its way around my pale thin hands
Around arms with terror's marks
Which I had learned to look past
Dead surroundings
Yet in the ground where I stood
Like in sand the somehow welcome traces of life were imprinted.

The flickering lights from outside passed away
One by one
Farewell to this familiar place of grief
If only the beauty
Of the emptiness will share with me its solace
It had called for me
The vast dark outside of the city
Had convinced me to leave
With its voice of consolation.

These velvet words touched me like nothing human
In a land of plundering ghouls
Its promises solely held me onto the branches of life.
The avid rain from outside
Of the glass was like my feelings
Ready to cast its waves upon me
Yet ricocheted from my walls
Had not stepped on board here to drown
Had a wish to still float.