My smoke filled apartment opens onto purgatory Neon enveloping the empty silences around the sparse furniture The bitter taste of your unkempt dreams lingering on my tongue Silence now stands frozen in my veins, ready to bleed into the night Your pain lightly stenciled into my skin, the morning sun filtering through me Scattering pieces of me across the landscapes of so many strangers Absorbing the bitter fire, That burns inside me and You