As Lonely as Time (2007)

I answered the door,
Embracing the May queen, while she fed on me-
Engulfed me like a storm.
I let her violate my being,
Stitching into me, newfound feelings of hues galore-
Made of rags, a hapless doll.
The piper played and so did I
Along the tunes. Delirious and ecstatic, without remorse.
Over the cliff I fell into the stony sea.
Smiled she, while beyond the waves
I sank; watching her quivering through the salty depths.
She whispered a mellow prayer, as if for the dead.

I gazed around to find them
Naked and wounded; stripped bare but clad in shame.
Slept in her heart- a widening gyre of cold depths.
Her voice echoed loud,
Crashing through the void of dim, murky depths.
Making numb a thousand tremulous eyes.
As I held my breath for the last,
She said, "You're lonely, as lonely as time."