Aubergine dreams & Zucchini screams

I waste my time in buildings that once were packed but only hold ghosts & glass barricades, where people transform into mannequins & pillars. This world of brick closes in on me. I’m the only one here but I know I’m not alone. The shutters that keep out now imprison a world in caverns of cotton & gold.
Every letter screams my name severing my hold on indifference as someone plucked the rainbow from the sky, squished the colours to make this point unscary. But I know what it hides: bars, shackles & restraints.

Tandem teenage hearts on a string

You wanna know what hurts the most? Hmm? It’s when you put your heart out there and nothing else. So you’d think, right? You’re wrong. What hurts the most is when you put your heart in the hands of someone you love and there’s just no reciprocation, because he doesn’t love you enough.
Would a smile grace your lips when I publicly accept that? Would that smile brighten your eyes when I refuse to acknowledge it in the haunts of my bloodless/loveless heart?
I give up. I’ll throw in the towel... today the last of me has been given. You’ve wanted the rest but here’s the best for your enjoyment and earthly pleasure.
I guess this really is goodbye...
I’ve put my hole heart in this and now I’m wearing my heart on my sleeve trying to cover up the scars my fears have left behind.
So long... goodbye.

Gloom-day-Cookies

When is it okay to quit... to raise the white flag... to surrender the sword... to stop the fight... to accept that the end is near?
When is it okay to gather the sheet... to lay it over what once was... what will cease to be?
Accept the fate?
Deny humanity?
Cross our hearts and hope to die?