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246 · Apr 2018
Universal worth
Gallow Scumbrage Apr 2018
We are a speck in a large swirl of stars, planets, and galaxies
A second to us is but a useless moment in an endless eternity
Time moves on even if we are absent to see it
Days pass on despite whom we may miss

The universe could care less about who calls out,
in agony, in sorrow, in pain, in anger
They are but a split second of sound in a torrent of silence.

The stars don't seek to know who you are.
The universe owes you nothing.

You don't have to exist.
But you do.
On your own terms you live and breathe.

You owe the universe nothing.
You owe the stars nothing.
You exist on your own terms.

You live because to choose to.
Not because someone told or wants you to.
234 · Mar 2018
Burn The Stars
Gallow Scumbrage Mar 2018
Burn the stars
Darken the day
Close the blinds
I will not go out today
Just musing
232 · Sep 2018
Don't go
Gallow Scumbrage Sep 2018
Your body is weak
Your mind is leaving
Your skin is thin

I know soon you must go
That it will all soon end

Lingering wisps of happier times
The sent of perfume and cleaning supplies
Pictures of faces from long ago

I just can't seem to let you go

Ghosts of those loved linger by the door
Waiting for you to follow them home
They know its time to go

I scream out no
I beg for you not to go
I pray for one more day
I weep for I can't make you stay

Life will move on
I know that true
But I will always miss you
Please Don't go
186 · Mar 2018
Creation
Gallow Scumbrage Mar 2018
Upon the blank paper slate
a world of light pencil sketches
unfolds before my eyes

Spiraling curls and striking lines
combine to form the image
hidden within my mind

As the picture comes into form
the world seems to blur
focused only on my craft
My work is worth the time I take
Art is my drive and a joy for me. It is what fuels me to get out of bed sometimes.
183 · May 2018
Machine
Gallow Scumbrage May 2018
Oh Son of two Corrupted hearts and moving parts
shatter the glass that holds your heart,
let the blood flow like rain
You are only a part of the machine they say
but you know the truth
spoken between the words of vipers
you are more than what they say
You are what you see to be
spurr of the moment thing

— The End —