Conversations Overheard in a Dimly Lit Alley I-VIII

I.
Carry me into
Your sweet terrible
Embrace nervous
Passing of the shade

II.
Buried deep within
A life abandoned
Earth grows bleak but
Still I call it home

III.
Disappear on a
Voyage – longest road
Blocking progress
With paradox steps

IV.
Charcoal speech filters
Through these rusted doors
Creaking voices
Chime to melted clocks

V.
Mimicking motions
Cementing places
This time next year
All names will be lost

VI.
Sarcasm’s cosmic
Uses infinite
Master silence
Time directs the lines

VII.
Bartered the words in
Search of some solace
Left mute by the
Inevitable

VIII.
Storyteller tilts
Sloshing pitcher poise
Condensation
Beads fill memories