Wednesday, August 28, 2024

Begging Hope to Stay

Bargaining with Energy

Performing compulsive acts

Of paper fire affirmations 

Begging Hope to stay

Though wishes crumble 

At the edge of embankment 

Before a saltless sea


How will I not fracture to dust

As whistles howl between my ears

Offspring scattered far away

Which threads are severed 

Or saved on spider's web 


No one feels the gavel

Under left hand upon my chest

As the Judge's words commence

I see myself under over head

Wondering again will I breathe


Skin of my arms won't reach 

To shield their eyes 

Pulling them close to me

Still seeds scatter

Paint a landscape 

Where birds sing to Hope

Even over barren concrete


 

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