To live in the razed remnants
Of others’ lives
This is the charnel house that I built
And for an ever-shrinking while
I can force myself to smile
As I sift through the detritus

So sad
To come so far and fail
Nomad
On an everending trail

Her memory to keep me sharp
Stark contrast in marked gray
The only one to keep her promise
To never fade away

Away
Under alabaster skies
The horizon that I see when I close my eyes
A subtle reminder that everything dies

A complement of azure days
Have given way to lasting gray
Her oath became her epitaph
To never fade away