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Nov 2020
You are in danger.
There are no stars.
Only a wild sky shocked red
by a beauty found only in the blood of the enemy.
Everything else lost never to return.

Honor, integrity, and hope all drowning in the blood I’ve spilled.
An ancient menace. Narrow, powerful, and sharp.
Even after your eyes are plucked,
you will never forget what you’ve seen.

Close your heart to their suffering.
Do not allow yourself to feel for them.
Close your heart to their desperation.
They will not feel for you.

Find your way home, for no longer does such a place call to me
Not screaming any more, but I can still hear them.
Death happened here.

Know this now,
you will never walk in sun again.
Erase the light.
Rollie Rathburn
Written by
Rollie Rathburn  Arizona
(Arizona)   
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