Headless Dove
Why don't you listen?
Why don't you hear?
Hear my words
Hear my voice
Voice cracks from strain
Voice calls in silence
Silence from you
Silence in this room
Room painted robin's egg blue
Room without windows
Windows to the outside
Windows to your soul
Soul of tarnished gold
Soul inside the mind
Mind left abandoned
Mind that is empty
Empty like this room
Empty like your eyes
Eyes that don't see
Eyes of the same robin's egg blue
Blue, but a dull hue
Blue, but mostly gray
Gray like the sky
Gray dove feathers ○
Feathers that don't flutter around us
Feathers from a headless bird
Bird that wasn't fast enough
Bird of prey moved faster
Faster than my words
Faster than you can blink
Blink away dust motes and charcoal ashes
Blink and miss everything
Everything worth seeing
Everything you once saw
Saw with your robin's egg eyes
Saw before you heard
Heard the wind
Heard the doves
Doves more loyal to the sky
Doves so white they hide the moon
Moon that illuminates this room
Moon shining onto my face
Face of old porcelain
Face aged by sorrow
Sorrow from the state of the world
Sorrow caused by the bird's end
World
End