Trapped in a loop (poem)

I feel trapped in a loop,

returning to you time and time again

like the coming of spring rains

and I can't help but to stand out in it

without an umbrella.

I'm trapped in a loop of sickness,

trying to go back in time

to the spring we fell in love,

falling for it like an April fool's joke,

where at the end you cry.

But as I cycle back,

you move forward

with maybe one glance back

to remember what was

and never will again.

-Zero

Speak of the Devil (poem)

I had hoped never to see you again.

It's been four years.

Four years.

Couldn't you have stayed away?

I spent those days trying to erase you,

but instead I went mad,

wandering until dawn

in the depths of winter.

Now you're everywhere I go,

in the crowd at concerts,

at the bar alone,

and in my dreams at night.

I want to bash my head against a wall

to forget your face,

so that you'd be a ghost

I couldn't recognize.

But I could never forget you,

you're my most beautiful lie,

the monster I've created,

the voice in my head.

-Zero

The February Storm (poem)

That night

I couldn't see anything

on the road ahead of me.

My eyes were watery

and the blizzard was so thick

the world was a white blur.

I thought

it would consume me

until the white turned to black.

And my saviour was behind me,

in a dark but warm apartment,

like a lone sun in the universe.

I walked,

but I didn't freeze

in that February storm.

I found my way home,

even though she wasn't there

to guide me through the cold night.

-Zero

Hide and seek (poem)

Our relationship is a game

of hide and seek.

When the sun is up and shining,

you wait and count.

But when the light disappears

over the horizon,

you stir and crawl out

and begin to play.

Because you want to be hidden,

I hide in crowds,

buying me an hour or two of freedom

before you find me alone in the dark.

Then you hold me tight, whispering sweet horrors,

until the sun rises again.

-Zero