in this place where eyes never close

 time is wavering
in this place where
 eyes never close

live with the crows
wake when they blink

the man with no face
 is my guide

on occasion
he takes his shadow hat
off

 kneel in the dark 
listening to the nothing
is everything

at the graveyard of my soul
sparrows braid my hair
i learn what no one
else wants to know

we tally the losses
the man with no face
laughs when i cry

he peels his head apart
the souls inside
are just hands grabbing at me

he tells me 
you can't save them
your light is mine 
my dark is yours

everything you want
you will have

i am your nothing
i am your  everything

look in the mirror
my dear
what do you see?