the reflected world

he fell into the Reflected World

through a field of indigo lights

that bounced off silver clouds

birthing melancholy in flight

i saw him as he fell
tried to reach but he was too far
saw him drown in somnolence
curled up beneath a star

her face haunts him still
etched behind his dark eyes
forever captured in sepia
still smiling through those lies

sorrow bled through dark eyes
bursting into a million galaxies
sparkling like sand in the sun
scattered by Zephyrus' breeze

i stood enthralled and waiting
till Apollo's light grew dim
he was trapped in the Reflected World
and i could not follow him...