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Michael Humbert Mar 2015
As I pour another glass to libate
Memories appear and sublimate
Michael Humbert Mar 2015
Fingers grazing collarbones
Staining her skin
With memory eternal
Michael Humbert Mar 2015
I have dreams where I'm searching rooms for echoes of your voice,
Faint reverberations of my own imaginings.
Michael Humbert Mar 2015
You have lost so much
"Everything is for the best"
How long can you lie?
Michael Humbert Mar 2015
Drink from her lips like
The desert oasis you've
Been searching for years
Michael Humbert Mar 2015
With her, I knew no control,
Consequence, tragedy,
Still take their toll

I saw her and thought I'd shatter,
I gasped, clutched my heart,
Ripped and tattered

She looked like heaven incarnate,
I felt like hell, struck,
Cursed love, ****** fate
Michael Humbert Mar 2015
How many loves have you put to rest?
How many fires have been extinguished?
I never knew someone could get so used to the smell of ashes
Fingers black with soot and shame
But practiced, so practiced
Malice? No, not malice
Simply routine by now
Shaking my head, I asked
"What did it feel like the first time your flame died?"
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