Forced into the corner
of the blueprints
I etched out long ago
I watch my compacted dreams
diminish into darkness

Each and every line
redesigned and rearranged
to account for
someone else's intrusion
And soon they seem
just an illusion

I back away
from my plans
and these lines
drawn in the sand
and withdraw deep
into the chamber
of my heart
now betrayed

A world I cannot recognize
stands here before my eyes
towering over the one I knew
and hoped to hold onto
beneath my fading summer skies