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Exhume

The ground trembles and shakes

As headstones break in half and crypts fall into crevices

Stone barriers crumble at the sound

Detected over many acres,

Within the fences one live person cannot be found

The gate scrapes on the asphalt, turning it to dust

While the rabbits run for cover

Trying their very best

Souls slip out of the coffins and consume

The air they cannot breathe

Since there’s nothing to exhume

Grasping for life, they slip into the sky

Without any traces

Of where they came to die

 

But as the ground sits still, once more

The souls sit on the lawn

Yearning for another chance, just one

To do it over again

As they look back and know

That they wasted their time

And praying it wasn’t in vain

They only wanted more.

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Written by
travis-prange
American
Published
Dec 28, 2011
Lines·Words
22·135
Notes

Written July 6, 2009 in exploring topics for my next book. The first one ("I") is mostly an exploration of relationships of all types.

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