Lights

And the lights dimmed

As he lay in bed

Remembering what had been promised

And what had been said

He rolled to his side

Let out a deep sigh

As his eyes took in the darkness

He thought he should cry

For loneliness felt

Like a vise on his heart

Which squeezed the life out of his dreams 

He watched fall apart

Like dead dying flesh

Falling from bone

Left damp and decayed in the dirt 

'till leaves have been blown

He rolled back 

Faced the clock

Murmured some hopeless prayer

And closed his eyes to the darkness

And the night swallowed him

©johnfklee