Arms swing heavy,
like a carcass in the wind.
Sweat beads between fingers
dripping through ash.
Colors saturate and burn.
Return to your prison.
Pushing through the veil,
inhaling its poison.
Scraping its grit between bones.
Arms swinging heavy.
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Be still.
Watch the heavens sway.
Feel the ardor in their grasp.
Feel the skin beat against your heart.
Feel the breath in your tears.
Watch the shadows quake.
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A river flows naked,
with the estranged intimacy
of hallucinations.
Echoes awaken to consume
this weight of desire.
Beloved, breathe deeply
amid these ruins.
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Blood weeps,
polluted against flesh.
Evil smiles stifle relief,
beating their fists,
smiling with green teeth.
Her bones lie empty.
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Body hold me.
Move me.
Stand with spirit
burning bright.
Lift my head from the earth.
A sculpture of tears.
A running child, arms reaching.
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I wish to lie at your feet,
rest my head against
fleeting footprints.
I wish to touch your scars.
Look into my weeping eyes,
accept my love as true.
My bones are shaking.
My soul is burning
to follow the soft current
of your heart.
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I will hold
my truth dear.
As it will surely
break me.
There is simplicity
here.
In this truth.
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