Splinters of Glass

Splinters of glass,
Translucent needles, razor edges
Glimmer in the morning sun
Beading down through the shattered frame
Liquid river of light.
Looking up through the pain,
A thousand cuts
From within.

Crystal grenade went off
Beautiful light of merciless ruin
A blast that should have been heard
For miles.
That was weeks ago
An eternity of destruction
But no one's come,
And, it seems,
No one will.

Nerve cells can be overridden,
Overloaded, overworked.
Data stream error, and
Rolling blackouts occur.
But the knowledge that
Despite your betrayal,
I'd forgive you anyway
Still keeps me awake each night.

If I could pick myself up,
Don't you think I would've by now?
This crater is not quite
As comfortable as it looks.
Just beyond the deafness
And ringing in my ears
Some sweet, wordless elegy plays;
But it is lost behind the wall
Of chemical euphoric numbness
Drowning out the screaming
Physical.

Ghosts, echoes, ashes
Of a future torn away
Haunt my ruined sight
In the dead silence of
Black, bleak night.
Leaving nothing but your memory
Crystallized with the sunrise
Refracted inside
These splinters of glass.