Wax myrtles slip Sideways on bodies- Their brothers, Buried beneath fresh soil Of an ancient Earth, Mixed amongst The loblolly pines That caper with the breeze.
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Sad nights shift To dreary days And ashen clouds Soak in the light Until they all Ignite in flames And lose their strength Or will to fight. They lie alone In sheets of wind On beds of air And thoughts, And, patiently, They wait to end Their lives And be forgotten.
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Long after, We sit and wonder Whether palatial skies Will fall like rain Away from us, Torrents of dreams Abandoned For to sleep.