dead eyes scan the water
stained panes
as battered as he
watching lonely drops fall
his heart as gray as the day
his mind his cage
screaming silently
he tumbles into the black abyss
he turns
pulls into his lap his only friend
he blinks as he plucks out his melody
stares as he hums his tune
squints to remember his fingerings
his music his salve
and beyond the horizon
a pure green paradise
glistening with gold
through his window to the unreachable
he stares as one dead
blinking to forget the past
staring to escape the present
squinting to avoid the future