this one 
is a very 
sensitive child
that hide in attics
and stairwells 
peeping out 
behind a 
verse 


his big
eyes tell 
of a thousand
unspeakable 
lossses 


won't 
let you hold 
him very long 
never seen such 
a gothic soul 
in a little 
boy


eyes 
like the 
concave blue 
of a brittle gem