41. "cure"

Cure me of this pain

Heart clenched within your fingers

Your unyielding grasp

40. "potent"

Your potent fragrance
Welcoming in to your arms
Intoxicating

39. "stay"

Drenched in sweat and tears

The pursuit towards freedom

Tonight we stay here

38. "turmoil"

The voices commence

In turmoil with her demons

The madness begins

37. "scrap"

Scrap piece of paper

Old man frantically writing

Ideas spring to mind

36. "across"

Sword slices a throat

Across the land the news spreads

The king has been slain!

35. "rattle"

Rattle of wind chymes

Echoing in emptiness

No one to listen

34. "rhyme"

Dire consequences

A continuing effect

Always the same rhyme

33. "hopeful"

Turbulent waters

A speck within the vast blue

Hopelessly hopeful

32. "mistake"

Realisation

One mistake changes your life

The clock won't go back

31. "likeness"

Someone I once knew

Staring in to a mirror

The likeness shines through

30. "complicate"

Engulfed with fury
To complicate matters more
Left me high and dry

29. "alas"

We are surrounded

Alas, we go no further

Taking our own lives

28. "spent"

Your life has been spent

Moping around aimlessly

It's time to collect

27. "cover"

Crawling into bed

In the cover of darkness

A sigh of relief

26. "jolly"

Jolly is a word

That represents happiness

What is happiness?

25. "jealous"

Ignoring your love

You turn away to converse

Jealous feelings rise

24. "plunge"

The shroud of your hate
Plunge into total darkness
Why do I bother?

23. "abstract"

Believe in your world

Your disfigured memories

Abstract novelty

22. "contrive"

Hands covering face

Intolerable screaming

You contrive to kill

21. "persistent"

Panting profusely
Your persistent nature wins
Gripped within your lies

20. "withdraw"

Withdrawal symptoms
Body craving for that fix
Fist starting to clench

19. "throw"

18. "expect"

There's no sympathy

You leave me battered and bruised

What do you expect?

17. "low"

Head low to the ground

The heart thumping sound within

Panic throughout me

16. "familiar"

Familiar face

A busy city centre

Fifteen years too late

15. "cry"

Deforestation

Gazing upon his homeland

The cry of failure

14. "loss"

Fighting continues

Catastrophic loss of life

Another man's cause.

13. "hurry"

Hurry through the day
Thoughts of wrapping up with you
I need nothing more.

12. "everything"

Everything is done

Blood drips from the silver sword

Time for a new king