Eyre's shattered shards
a house of cards
Teardrop fragments hung
Words slip off the tongue
Darkness drowns
Silent playgrounds
An endless abyss
Haunts one kiss
Caged mockingbird sings
Requiem's symphony before kings
Hidden faces in a masquerade
Vulture eyes like sharpened blades
Gleefully wait for Eyre's fall
Thunders the squall
Invisible scars
Written in the stars
Words wound
Unseen battleground
Hollows haunt
Ghostly lament taunts
Jimbay drumbeats play
Eyre's mournful ballet.
By Shannon McKemie, M.A.