Mesmerized

Filigree and onyx
In the afterlife
Mesmerizing patterns
Laid out to entice

Float and rise
I'm alive
History burns out my eyes
Slave of life

Ancient light
Streams until
I'm mesmerized

Sultry Cleopatra
Never saw her die
Stretching out the hours
To paradise

Falling down

Upside down

Watch the hour glass slipping

I'm stuck inside

I'm alive

Infinitely swimming

Let me out