Oasis...

All that was needed

Was a bit of sand...

Even as I looked

It twisted, and grew

Feeding into the crevices

Of my only refuge

My sanity…

My soul latched onto it

Eating at its feet;

As the mansion grew

Surrounded by the most wonderful things

And you

I plunged into it

wholly,

But only tasted

Nothing…

Slowly realizing

That my creation

 did not exist.

That world

I had to break

Bit by bit

Sucking out

Each painful drop

Of you

From my mind

I killed

Every semblance

Of my paradise

Only to stay alive.

That was then.

I wouldn’t dare

To build again.