Through corridors of untempered disquiet there unfurled whispers to canvas the alarm within the ether of untold secrets. The cries were never near enough to comprehend — always beyond reach, woven in the fabric of the evening's cool touch.
Such was his fate, ensnared in the grips of a fleeting breath,
held between tomorrows unseen, while mere legends turned
to dismal hums echoing from the catacombs of memory.
Though no visage warmed the passages wide, one could almost
see them: intangible, yet|
there amongst the
Muffled Laughter.