Chagrined

Alone in the Dust

Macabre images

Dance on the floor

In through the Keyhole

And under the door

 

On the edge of consciousness

Vexing anxiety

Overwhelming futility

Abandoning sobriety

 

Lost hope

Diminished dreams

Into the caldron

Admonishment beams

 

The punishment fits

The crime it provoked

To get to this point

Happiness revoked

 

Succumbing to darkness

Like a baby swaddled

To disappear in eternity

And never be coddled

 

Alone in the dust

My corpse breaks down

Recycle complete

God ceases to frown