For There Is No Other

Temptation wanders

As far as the still waters reach

In silence she ponders

What can never be spoken

Truth be told

Secrets run deep

Burning her flesh with every attempt

At redeeming what was never to be

Breaths so still and cold as ice

The stranger within is a stern one

Navigating

Calculating

Screaming alone in a world

Where fantasy can no longer be considered

Where reality is questionable

Daring to reach for the unattainable

When there are no words to speak

And there is no one to tell-