Anodyne

    

     A frozen chunk..
          his numb heart thumping against
        the malady of raging menace
            ears pressed on a twisted loop
         his wailing scars defy imprudence.

     Gasping as his skin festers
          with decaying yellow leaves
            awaiting his impending doom
               on snow covered in blood red weapons
                  his drooping eyes imagine his existence
                    bidding farewell to the soldier
                      echoing memories of his beloved
                        rustling leaves wipe in Autumn's whirlwind
                           smiling faces beginning to dissolve...

           Oh but what about angels?
               Wouldn't they caress his last wishes..
            How he listens to wretched silence 
                in desolate sounds of trampled twigs..
            Envisioning fallacies of resurrection
                warm his frozen courage
            he succumbs to an eternal slumber..

                                  ~~~~~

      Swaying in a hammock of ecstasy
                 he wakes up at twilight
      away from the frozen battlefield.
           The sultry aroma of electric waves
       twirling to seduce him in azure blaze,
            his beloved's fingers entwined
              to trace sandcastles on his palms,
          an albatross afar orchestrating
             vibrating shades of dusk in rhythms,
                 dancing flames of haloed stars
                    on a galactic opera in breeze..

    His anodyne is a dream
      that pulls him away from dark shadows.
        He walks freely on a tranquil plane
          immersed in oceans of his symphony,
            his love gazes in awe of his courage..
              
          Let him rest on his soft dreams
              wavering like stars from heavenly willow,
          he breathes in the silence of his anodyne...