I. His heart (beat) is a tell-tale sign

that war never ends

(But when does it even start in the first place?)

The first shot reverberates like

the echo of something he never.even.said.

II. Obsidian orbs like glass

(but hardly as stable)

And she can see it in his eyes

Hideous

And

Lying

And

Fragmented

And

Lost

Eyes like glass

Like mirrors

III. You'd do anything, you say?

Think?

Know? You think you know.

Anything is only approximate

When it comes to (second?) chances

You'd do anything? You swear?

IV. Words, she thinks,

have their own conversations

Looking down upon (each other?)

And succumbing only to silence;

Silence, she thinks,

has its own language.

V. So many words

And nothing to say. Because really

What we have

(there)

is a case of

So many words

that all mean the same thing.

(And she says it over and over and over and he never even looks)

VI. Once she claims the role,

she notices just how much

she (enjoys? loathes? accepts?) Fits it

(like a glove that sticks to the melting skin)

VII. He used to let his mind race

but it seemed a competition never to be (won?)

And so now

his thoughts mingle

like a burden

when did it become an attempt not to break down? up?

Oh, how she would just love

to

see

(this)

is the color of blood

before it spills

VIII. They've long since

parted with unspoken conversations

and penetrated the desire that is

senseless companionship

silence

(she thinks)

Has it's own language

like something she

never.even.said.

A/N: Dood, chapter two D No way.

I was actually thinking of complaining about lack of reviews in this space, but I'm deciding against it. You know why? Because my reviewers rock. They own your soul. They're thoughtful, and constructive, and clever, and above all else, they're grammar is usually flawless. I'll take four reviewers like that over twenty tweenies any day.

And I know you are jealous of Eve, xxeviexx, who continues to beta my babble with increasing patience. Patience which I don't have, hence the fact that I will not bother looking for a synonym for the word 'patience' that begins with a 'b'.

xoxo

Nikki