The shoe

The webs began to form, as the spider spun around its prey like flies to waste.
Her mind was a tarnished flower that wilted underneath the suns rays.
People could walk in, but no one could escape.
Trapped inside like hollow cocoons where nothing flourished–
No butterflies exist.
It was a game of cat and mouse as they all tried to escape.
The feeling of loneliness sunk in when the lights turned out and swallowed them in darkness’s cave.
Chaos erupted and her heart beat swiftly.
No one knew she was screaming.
Trapped inside as the voices arose to a mere whisper.
It was then that she no longer suffered.

An honest heart

I awaken from yet another sleepless night.
My mind spinning is circles as the ends begin to unravel.
Today, my mind may be in a fog of unanswered thoughts—
I have to know just where we stand.
Is it in or out?
This door is not revolving, it isn’t what it seems.
This is not a dream within a dream,
Nor an illusion of what it once seemed.
I dig my heels in deeper as I see a lunge within my near future.
I can’t envision life without you, but life with you is a complication that I can’t seem to tame.
Your words seep past your lips and I begin to wonder what ‘if’
Is that a lie you begin to form as your nostrils flare with disbelief that don’t quite match your eyes?
You forget, I know you so well.
I know your body as if it were my own.
Don’t tell a lie with another lie.
I want the truth this time.