…..I fall

In the dream I fall
inside the walls of my house of glass
I fall in silence
as the snow
as a leaf
as the night

in the dream I fall
inside the walls of my house of glass
the broken shards 
have marked my soul
the scars I bear 
now and forever

in the dream I fall
inside the walls of my house of glass
a scarlet stain 
upon the floor
and ashes falling
from the past

in the dream I fall
inside the walls of my house of glass
under the darkened skies
of this velvet night
it is a lonely path
but it is not written yet

in the dream I fall
inside the walls of my house of glass
clad in ghostly white
I am whispering your name
and you take me away
for the last time

© Ann Bagnall