Through the labyrinth of voices
I shift and rattle
Weightless and unbound
Unfastened from word or song

I float through bewilderment
Drastically changing course
As the hours drag and die
Faltering to the tune
Of my shallow dismay

One by one
They sink and crumble
Diving wastefully
Frittered by misty thoughts

The boasting whirls
In an impregnable fog
A fortress of haze
Conjured by nothing

Where I gasp to no avail
Silently yearning to speak
Yet I’ve parted ways with verse
As I’ve selfishly retreated within

Finer words buzz by
As the hours leap and swan dive
With coordinated flair
Floundering beautifully
To their awful, silent demise

I instead give my all
To careless shrugging
To phony grins conjured
In my calm and reserved stupor

The thunder abates
And I flourish in total dark
In cloudless solitude
Quaint and bitter

Dormancy gathers
The hallows of thought expand
Sprawling into oblivion
In a quietly spun conquest