No More Tears

where do these tears go

dancing like mist 

searing my vision

like salt 

on an open wound 

can you see them too?

do they surround me

it feels like I'm in a cocoon 

and i never want to leave 

i like it here

the pain

is familiar

it's safe and warm 

just like your caresses used to be

when you were mine

in the light

in a dream

it seems safe and warm

it tastes of life and heart

it whispers promises of forever

of love and protection 

but i see your eyes

through the blur

they burn as the mist tears apart 

golden brown with a beating heart

burning 

until i stand naked

in the searing sun

the desert sands at my feet 

my flesh is crumbling

the heart steams into nothingness 

and what is left 

is but shining silver steel 

it is the will 

to go on, to move, to speak

to laugh again

to live 

so that the brown 

is never again dulled

by pity, by guilt

but shines reflected off steel 

steel has no tears

steel had no pain

steel glints in the sunlight 

and is ice of night