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Layers in my flame

Shallow beyond measurement.

I shed you from my light.

Stand in the changing shadow of my inaction.

As my warmth slowly slithers away

and darkness crawls back to you.

 

I talk with masks

but listen to layers.

 

And they

tell me I'm wrong

in all ways.

An apology would

suit me.

 

My measurement of depth

should not lay

in the layers of my light.

Because that is for you to find

and decide.

My actions

should not be based on you

but based on inner motions

moving me.

It would suit me

that my warmth

should move accordingly.

I'm sorry

for imposing my expectations,

coming forth from my own dependancy,

on to you.

 

Layers in my flame

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Written by
SirReal
31 / M
Published
Mar 13, 2018
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