Trinity

by alarajrogers

Hollow

Rise, and bring with me the day
Hold my court for many hours
Smile in a regal way
Thank the gardener for the flowers
I am hollow

Gently put the sun away
Decorate her sky with stars
Stand in silence, bathed in rays
From her face, so high, so far
I am hollow

In my garden, silent stone
Screams and laughs inside my head
I retire to my room alone
No love, no friend to share my bed
It'd hurt too much to see them dead
And I am hollow

Smile for another day
Another step upon a road
That goes on and on and on this way
Carrying an unseen load
Endlessly I walk nowhere
No destination up ahead
I can't remember how to care
All those I ever loved are dead
Or bound, imprisoned, lost to me
It will not change, I cannot see
I'll bear this for eternity
This emptiness my destiny

I am hollow

I cannot set this burden down
My subjects all depend on me
But if I could, I'd flee this crown
Move to somewhere quiet, cozy
Be a mortal, have a friend
Assured that I, like them, would end
I'd mother foals, I'd be a wife
... but that can never be my life

Above she gazes down at night
Her soundless glare for all to see
He laughs in silence, all his might
Frozen, so we can be free
I hear their voices in my mind
Betrayed, accusing, bitter, angry
But I'm the one they left behind
And without them, life is empty

Their prisons may not be as wide
As mine, but I am equally tied

I rise, and bring with me the day
My smile is an empty mask
I do my duty, but I pray
For what I don't deserve to ask
For one to come and set me free
To bring to life my hollow heart
To give me something to believe
To be at my side and never part

And if only that could be,
I could dream one day we three
Could at long last all be free

Until then I am hollow

Author's Note:

WMA Audio file of reading, by me, now uploaded at my own site.

Comments

[horizon]

This is my favorite poem of the three.

Added this to the Poetry group for you, by the way.

[Fury of the Tempest]

Depressing... but with hope.