rewind and reject
one word to never truly set,
in stone or pen
or words on skin
the heaviness of one's heart debt.
though lingers faint,
ghosts of your memories grow.
you let your body turn weak,
your head melt to the pillow.
the lifeless gaze
of eyes upturned,
bones whittle and disintegrate
ashes to urn.
why have I been banished here?
reduced to soot and pity.
alone in this world, isolated
inside this solemn, sanctioned city.