Paroles de Descending

Muted familiar fragrances Distant fleeting recollections This beauty I had come to know Shatters Then recedes In brittle air Aimless vagrant waters Draw me out with the tide Gasping, slowing descending Screaming toward the shore Painful persistent images Disrupts my sleep Intrudes in dreams Faint droning echoes within the walls Veiled reminders Of regret time will hold