Burning
Burning in my own purgatory
Wishing
Wishing I was in your arms
Wanting
Wanting your love
Dying
Dying from what I can't have

Many sleepness nights      The winds erode
Many ageless days          The waters wash
Hours spent                But I won't stop
            Thinking of you


I can see your face
Picture perfect in my mind
I can see your lips
In dreams they touch mine
I can feel your body
But only the imagined kind
I can hear your soft voice
but it's only the wind chimes

I sit here alone
Drink after drink washing my thoughts away
But one thought stays
No matter how loud the music is
No matter what I drink
No matter what I take
No matter what I do to myself
No matter who else I see

You
 You
  You

Stuck in my mind
glued by  want
riveted by longing
painfully
Permanently
Nailed to my brain
Screwed to my mind
Bolted to my thoughts
Painted by my imagination
Longed by my emotions
and as close to me
 as the man in the moon

I'm dying
Burning like mental torch
I can see the extinguisher
Call it by name
But I never do know how
To get it to stop the flames