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January 2024 2.

You walk in darkness,

but I can only follow you

from a distance through

the shadows that grew

in the wake of the quake

that war planes make.

I can see clearly,

cry out,

but you don’t hear me.

Your deafness

is a remix of ridiculous,

and terrifying.

Your actions leave me crying,

trying to deny what I spy

with my tear strained eyes.

Liars and the gullible,

go looking for more trouble

because chaos is good for

making more war revenue.

I keep telling you

that this is wrong,

That the foundation

that you are standing on

is built on dust, and ash,

so in a flash

you can sink into sorrow

like its quicksand.

This isn’t my last stand,

cause I got a few battles left,

got little time before

death comes to collect

my last debt,

so I’ll go a few more rounds.

I have no faith that you will

change how you act,

or even consider how

those who suffer feel.

All I have left are these words to spill.

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