Vapors
By Terri Miller

sitting alone
a gilded chair
wasting time
staring out there

crawling and swirling
at my feet
blank thoughts cast
visions of deceit

you're vapors in the air
i pass through you….
never knew you…never knew you

waiting on something
unable to share
looking for nothing
unwilling to care

contained within
vain conceit
shadows emerge
empty images meet

i'm vapors in the air
i pass through you….
never knew you…never knew you

hiding in towers
built to the sky
consuming treasures
piling up high

never enough
hunger grows
all alone
my emptiness shows

we're vapors in the air
passing through …
you…
never knew…
you…

Return to Polis 2005