Selfish Wealth

Thoughts filled up in a mind that's trapped
with nowhere to go but down.
The mind begins to feel so wrapped
up in the crumbling world around
and nothing can save it from itself
but it with its own selfish wealth
will die.

A soul emptied from past regrets
and wrongdoings that it can't forgive,
it only remembers the times it wept
as it no longer wants to live
and nothing can save it from itself
but it with its own selfish wealth
will die.

A heart so passionate at times
has been stripped of its giving ways
in what was the cruelest of crimes
leaving this pounding in a haze
and nothing can now save it from itself
but it with its own selfish wealth
will die.

A body left for dead days ago
will do as wished and disappear
without another soul to know
the amount of bitterness and fear
that made it impossible to save itself
from its own powerful selfish wealth
as it's now died.

Words Disappear Into Memories

Two down,
zero to go.
All I had,
out the door.
All words,
now gone
until more lost,
next dawn.
All thoughts
once of value
now out,
gave none to.
They were
able to
inspire both
me and you
but they
disappeared
before they were
heard by ears.
Now they
only live
as memories
that could give
hope to fill
empty ones
that will never
hear what's done.

Cornucopia of Options

I'm staring ahead
and just sitting alone
with nothing to do
because I'm the only one.
This has happened before
as now it has again
to form a boring night
that is sublimely plain.
I can choose to write
or I can choose to read
or just re-run thoughts and memories
over again in my head.
I can choose to sit here
in my secluded cove
knowing that later holds
the return of my love.
I can think of the time
when returning home will be a woman -
the only one my heart will commit to,
the only one it can -
or I can just relax
my brain, my thoughts, my mind.
I can let all my guards down
and just enjoy, through an open window, the wind.
I can just enjoy all that is in this moment,
enjoy all that is here,
as my mind, my body, my soul
could not be more content anywhere.