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Ben Palomino Sep 2023
Into gently placed
Granite eyes
I waited for my heart to beat
But got nothing back in surprise
Ben Palomino Sep 2023
I lay here in my own arms
Cradled by an absence
Petrified in obsidian
Ben Palomino Sep 2023
And
there it crawled across my eyes
eight legs and all
I still couldn’t see why
It dare to make this climb
yet there it burrowed
In the back of my mind
catching your lies like flies  
I’ve never been more
fond of the web
Ben Palomino Jun 2023
There’s a shadow

Poking at my thigh

Trying to take attention

Away

From my mind

Not to reality

But somewhere unrefined

And Opposite of divine

Can you hear it call out

Sideways in time

Three different perspectives

Of the same scene

And

Their all upside down nines
The birthmark of Satan
a spherical star
Old curse in the distance
new devils at war  

His prophecy stolen
the markings of Cain
Madonna the ******
rebirth unattained

Melody of darkness
blasphemies hymn
The garden left burning
original sin

Tomorrow in mourning
this moment on fire
The lamb off the altar
—redemption expired

(Dreamsleep: May, 2023)
Ben Palomino Apr 2023
I have spoken to diamonds

They have taught me their art

I’ve drank from their frequency

And to their world
I became a part

Sharing a thousand words
With
a thousand different jewels
And
They all spoke to me
Of your heart

Truly Adamas in nature

They say your gleam
Can be seen
From within dreams
Left ajar

I wandered with you
In these scenes

Becoming

Your falling star

Visits in my sleep

While you gazed upon me from afar
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