Pattern Recognition #2

I Will Not - 13/12/2022

I will not wait

Wanting you will pass
Illusionary light is a beacon, still
Lured moth-like to false flame your
Lantern-glass-love will sever my wings

No I will not wait; shrouded in longing
On my eyes the coins of your kisses - 
The toll of your abandonment

Left in the dark, entombed
Even as the ferryman takes his payment; 
The price of my misjudgement

Youth behind me, I must spurn this sentence
Of death akin to your absence
Usurper’s guilt I shall cast off

Gone, a heart heavier than a feather
Open my empty vessel.  I have fled you