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Impending Empty

I can't form a single word Write a single note Lyrics in my head In my mind they float Seeing all these letters No phonetics in my mind Feelings swimming No meaning do I find Dark in this cold room I'm told seek until it's found Here the emptiness' loom When no one is around In the dark I see No further than my hand All that I can be Swallowed in the sand Pulling hard is the tide Swallowing me down Pushing me as I cry To the locker I am bound The depths I see I'm close to bottom Dragging me I'm nearly forgotten End is near, To be renewed To start afresh Views slightly skewed To live and give life Cycle of our being At its worst When we're simply beginning Adjusting to the stress I hold Suffocating me tightly Within this mold Broken free To start anew These jagged views we've slightly skewed...
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bobbie-longo
American
Published
Aug 10, 2011
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