Light Our Fire by RMatheson

Jan 18

I look to you
but there's no one
there.

And this non-silence
cuts through skin
leaving only nerves
unwound like noodles.

I can quiet this vessel
with lies and straw
like the effigy
lit to us.

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RMatheson Beating tired bones

(Beating tired bones)

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