No Faith

"No faith"
I whispered aloud
while everyone slept
watching the faces of my past
creep in and out of memory
like a long shadow
on the ground before my feet
"Why" I ask the moon,
in misty breath,
Though I have
no feeling in my fingers
"No faith in me"
I say to my reflection
in the muddy puddle
Cold within and cold without
I am Death's gentle virgin
But to no other
He waits for me on the other side
of this revelation
And whispers in the darkness
gentle charms, enchanting my dreams,
He brings out the death in me
Closer to the edge I walk
Crawl, and sometimes whimper
"It's not that simple"
I scream at everyone
But, they don't see
what's stripped down
when I am naked
They don't see
the cold rock of my former heart
beaten and bruised
Alone once again
I am left to die.