Linger the former self

it was six thirty on the day when the rain finally came
was crying along with the sky for once
dreams were black and empty

nights comeup with the morning now
they leave unfulfilling short days
no time in the sunlight

it's a sickness like cancer
petroleum in the brain stem
reflux of useless emotion

light a building or a candle
let the fire take it's side
burning pages in volumes of the heart