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One Eye Open, One Eye Close

One eye open

One eye close

 

My body is a ghost town built on pillars of salt

And I can chew my way out

Standing at the top of a broken staircase

Holding up my heart, derelict of

Trying to cradle it wildly

Running home to find it suffocated and squished

 

No one saw what I have for the world to see

 

And my feet leave the ground

 

Over the waterfall

Into the undertow

 

I open

I close

 

One eye conquering

One eye conquered

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joseph-c
American
Published
Aug 30, 2012
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