Of Wonder and Night

Our fear rests weary,
Settles on a makeshift bed.
But sleep does not come.

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She picks them off, one by one
Those pretty coloured petals.
The blooms of youth dead and gone
Their scattered ashes settle.

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And the smoke hangs heavy,
Cloaks that sad passerby.
Her eye, mirrors their love.
Yet both deny the trick.

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And the smoke hangs heavy,
Cloaks that sad passerby.
Her eye, mirrors their love.
Yet both deny the trick.

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I don’t know y, but I know u.

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Like drops of acid rain, words
fall from her mouth. Dripping
with disdain, burning my naked flesh.

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