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A Sketch in Ash

A voice whispers words into my veins

A voice instructs me, strut this way

And that way too, don’t stop...I’ll never shoo.

By the time I’ve made it to the train

My heart begins to

                                                            Thump

                                                                      

                                                                         Thump

 

                                                                                     Thump

 

                                                                                                                Without a moment to choke

                                                                                                                     I hop on the station

                                                                                                           Headed west, with barely a breath

                                                                                          A thought in this head that steals any concentration

 

Sleep eludes me, you penetrate me

Enrich me with the echoes of your mind

Bare with me, let us intertwine

                                               A path paved over by the ways of the world

                                               Still hot and sticky, I mold it with my toes

                                                 Imprinted with my wishes and my hopes

No traces of intervention

No substance of prevention

 

 

 

Sitting atop the stool

Painted by the artist

Within his palm

Lies his instrument

Prepared to implement

Painting shadows of time and space

Strokes back and forth

Lines united by grace

                                                                                                A picture varnished

                                                                                              A piece of time caught

                                                                                               As quick as created, it

                                                              

 

                                                                                                                  dis..

                                                                                                                        si..

                                                                                                                               pa.

                                                                                                                                         .tes

 

                                                      Fading with all its glory

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Written by
laurie-fisher
33 / F / American
Published
Jun 10, 2012
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