Bethany Lerie

imposing solitude crushes fragile spirit in me echoing along my path alone and yet not surrounded by lives never touching me loneliness seems to breathe my only proof of life this pain is

to gaze upon such beauty with so much longing is criminal in the extreme to know that glory is untouchable so very far from possible is punishment without hope to be consigned to

Into this sea of verdant green I willingly drown submerging my very self until I am no more there I lay in depthless wonder subsumed by another to such sublime oblivion I consign my

in the dark of my soul\'s heart a tremble begins soft subtle tremor ascends a shattering crescendo song of my secret pain torment long buried darkened butterfly seeks release bloody wings

in sylvan shadows lingering and lost voices cling to air incorporeal - bodiless naked limbs askew leaves long shed bare fingers raking sky the ghost of flowers night scent drifting a lure

I feel your voice it echoes deep inside of me your thoughts consume in this I am all you see your fondest obsession pictures pinioned to the wall sweet pillory disguised your

Denied grace by virtue of my life to wander the lonely world of pain; it is here that you condemn me your vision cannot encompass truth. I bar myself from your eternity no mindless faith

you never warned me of the vastness of your fears you never showed me baptized in your tears here there is shelter you\'ve only got one chance here there is safety you only had

where is my night? where is the darkness that covers me? cloaks me in silence - insulator against livid day. where is my night? where is the gloomy fog-covered scene? my shadowy realm -

Blade slashes open small tears in the fabric of agony slowly, gently, silently pain seeks the only escape One rivulet then another pressure decreased by faint degrees relief is almost in

I felt your presence today dear sweet friend the scent of Night around you your breath of green decay not for me did you visit but for one near to my heart one who\'s labored breath still

when I was young I had a secret place my sanctuary within the walls my innocence was safe and I could hide those days are long gone the sanctuary a memory one I cannot hold my mind

remember to leave a light on burn a candle to my memory I may be lost and nearly gone but there is still a part of me I courted death while I danced such weariness in this life never

. . . look for me in the space between the shadows of autumn leaves I am the sweet scent of decay the perfume of summer\'s passing where my foot falls death follows the cycle returns

Each night I await lost in the vast sea of my bed clinging only to one hope you will return again. Night is the refuge the sanctuary I seek daylight is only a torment a prelude to

In darkness treads with gentle foot no path no light to guide Her a whisper of Autumn in Her wake the scent of fallen leaves. In dusk\'s embrace no fear no pain She is somnambulous

Darker than night my love awaits my pleasure my pain, my only torment serious addiction, life\'s blood my breath and my bane Dangerous liason, my love waits bound in my web silken ties with

Forever locked in Death\'s embrace cold and alone eternally to lie a hollow shell I loved fiercest fire cannot revive passion\'s lost as your soul With wounded heart I search in arcane ways

If death is sweet release I pray for more time in your embrace to ever lie bound in rapturous pain No angelic choir sings my soul remains to slumber drowning only in you I am your

I feel you watching me your eyes smile in darkness I wander the winding paths lost in the garden of your mind Wind tugs at my sleeves more memories and pain flowers follow me softly drift