bread crumbs star light star bright I almost lost my life that night there are times I lose the smell of your flesh and sweat in the distraction of thoughts that fail to sustain me through these days I forget myself inside my plans for comic rants and raves which ultimately will raise the curtain to bring my love upon the stage sharing what burns through me never leaving me be as a dream or nightmare held by morning dew a new day remembering itself becoming clearer thinking of you the rain will always come reminding me of my loneliness and feeling the world falling upon me in some secret splendor a hiding place I find beneath the moldy bark of trees gently laughing at their leaves I can't stop the bleeding as my words scatter around me bread crumbs tossed in eternal pools whispering about my footsteps chasing the joys and loves of fools this long night of death for birth when memories swirl like birds you can find me in the movement of time and life worn shadows when sun streaks peek from clouds when dogs look up to lick your hand when only children can understand storms gather to drench the ground raindrops fall with hollow beats upon rusty tin roof sounds my absence is presence inside this illusion of time I will always listen with patience as your heartbeats follow mine