unforgiven

the earth shifts

alone

adrift
into weightless dimensions

a mind
tethered to such unfathomable fates

the toll
that time takes

in the wallow
of wakefulness

unfolds like a lingering death

beholden
as though betrothed

blindly following paths
thought redemptive

this wrath of loathsome emptiness
e’er persists

in the laughter
of fools
unforgiven