Holographic Fantasy

Leaves caught in the wind conceal me,
A transparent queen
Wearing a crown of thorns.

Alone in the darkness
The moonlight melts,
And flows through my river of sorrows.

Spiders catch the stars in webs,
Drinking the light until none is left--
A shadow to all the world,
Ruling a kingdom of
Sighs and dreams.

Flying with broken wings,
So empty that the air can's feel a difference.
One breeze and I'm carried away.
On to another dream--
Another holographic fantasy.

The hourglass's sand flows backwards.
Petals of old dreams,
Caught in swirling ecstasy,
Frozen in time so that I can
Never forget.

My castle of mist
With twisting, changing hallways.
Shouts of agony ricochet
Off the walls,
A barrage of sounds and feelings
To paint me in reality--
To keep me from my
Holographic fantasy.