Dry Ice

And so you burned it all to ashes

You let the fire blaze

You trampled upon your wreckage

You melt in sorrow, vain

They broke you into pieces

The fleeting thoughts that came and vent

With every ounce of guilt assumed

They did you in real good

So you walked along that sullen edge

Reluctant to pick a side

And there you remained, wounded and cold

A smile, a sparkling eye

The imminent began to rise

And responsibility led you on

You made the choice to climb off that edge

And into darkness you trod

Your dreary thoughts sung louder

The dampness sinking deep

You tried to run to find the warmth

But darkness left it unseen

You wandered far, being pursued each step

But far enough you couldn’t get

So you reached within and yanked it out

Your eternal life-living death

You fell apart upon that edge

And over into storm

You dropped and drifted into life

Yet seeming dead and gone

And day by day you seek that shore

The chance once more to breathe

But kicking and flailing in disobedience

You’re caught in the undertow

So from fire to ice you’ve now become

And melt upon this dirt

Drop by drop you lose yourself

And sink into the earth

She feeds on you and drinks you up
Leaving you parched and dry
And in the numbness of your thirst
You slowly e v a   p    o    r    a    t    e