Empty spaces; these
rooms are dust mote and cobweb
memories of you.

Written by [Chimes]

Why should I care to,
Continue to try and heal,
from my heart wounds you've left?

when by your own words,
you don't love me any more,
yet you're still my truest love.

I will never heal,
because I can't recover,
Love for me is dead for good.

Written by [Draugur dauðans]

Perched on a rock, I considered
as his sleek form careened through the water
like an otter's would.

There was seldom enough sun to kiss his skin
but past generations made it dark enough
to turn California girls green.

He could simply reach out and grasp the fish
because they thought he was brother.
They were not wrong.

Then I woke up from my dream
and remembered
the trawlers had gone out hours ago
to catch that night's sushi and our
prepackaged, processed smoked salmon.

Written by [Tickle Me Emo]

Once again a restless night,
The waking and the dreaming fight,
Amidst the fire in the South,
A mother holds in its mouth,
A cub so small it cannot begin,
To understand the world it’s in,
It stays close by the mother’s side,
Until it has to run and hide,
Hiding from the endless fight
Fought by the wolves in firelight.

Written by [AuroraLumos]