Forgotten

Framed by a window

Light of a lamp

reveals a warm bed

made of fine wood

No longer fit for me

 

A price tag too high

My eyes spy a night

painted on a wall.

Tranquility fades

 

Every star surrounded by navy blue

Stars of lemon yellow,

Of white, and baby blue.

A rustic rundown boat distorts the scene

 

Remembered night

A tattered dress once gave anxious delight

Great anticipation for a long awaited night

Once covered arms of pale white

 

My hands hide the deep angry purple

Their size too small to conceal it all

Beauty taken

Replaced with an ugliness I never knew

 

rejected by my old world

I cannot go back

But if it weren’t for this world

There would have been no need for my rejection

 

Quickly the light vanishes

And returns

A man appears

I have no money to find rest

 

I turn to walk away

I must find warmth elsewhere.