gone gone gone
the dreams of
bittersweet youth
entrapments of
hopes best left
to fester amongst
the creepy crawlies
in the darkness
of soulwept miseries

millipedes crawl
up the poignancy
inscribed into
the hollowbones
of forevermore
the moist memories
rotting incrementally
until all that remains
are sympathetic serenades

gone gone gone
dust in the corner
of the uncivilized
eye of eternity
cobwebs in the halls
where love letters
yellow and fade
the pastuerized youth
in melancholic malaise