Shaft of light

mirage:

 

we who are only

human, see ghosts:

 

where there

are none.

 

Fragile, sentient

mirage of love

 

overtakes.

 

Venus rises

mocking:

 

new moon

fixes hope.

 

We love only

in the dark

 

blood filled

cavity of heart

 

where madness

drowns us.