Alter Ego

Baffled by viscous dreams of life
I've traversed rocky roads in strife, 
a faint whisper echoes in my broken sleep 
when onyx dreams haunt and hurl me deep.

This heart holds an innocent lucid streak,
hums simmering desires waiting to speak.
Beneath the charades of detached valour,
this Autumn leaf yearns in myriad pallor
to get drenched in gossamer showers,
for memoirs written in dark solitary hours.

If pain overflows a tender soul in dark
a voice sings of an ember agony spark,
incandescent universes call upon me,
a lullaby dissolving that flame...let me be.

Death could be a passenger I'd meet someday
approaching my lost ship on a taciturn bay, 
what if turbulent hurricanes engulf my sea,
a lifeboat to rescue that ship...let me be. 

Words wrapped in paranoia waver too bleak
failing to extinguish the anxieties I keep, 
My shrivelled wishes waiting to fly free,
a soothing answer at dusk...let me be. 

It walks on white nights under crimson skies,
amazed yet reluctant, love in draped guise, 
a tender melody to hold me forever I see,
a night that melts this heart...let me be.

Alone, I've waged a valiant war for long,
a warrior of veiled emotions, I've been too strong, 
I long to reveal unmasked layers of tenderness, my plea,
a wilting vineyard I touch to revive...just let me be.