The blind leading the blind

I look at you and see



hooks, claws, latching

             in 

and dragging



(oh, you desperate soul, why are you reaching

for mine? can't you see? 



i've been here all along)



I watch you and wonder



(why is life so cruel? i want to know,

why can't i just take you away?)



did you know?

your soul's spilling from your eyes;

righteous rain from the torn sky...



my hands reach out



but in my embrace

i feel hollow bones and tears



and i repeat

(i'mherei'mherei'mhere)

until i'm whispering, "mirror, mirror,

save the fairest of them all."



when i close my eyes

it feels as if i'm clutching 



            air





i imagine that you've flown away.