mortality is beautiful
like a fragile bird
on a floral print
or a bandage on a wound
the truth is always tangled
up like vines
with the untrue
but mortality won’t lie
or turn away its glance
mortality is beautiful
like knowing a sad ending
and smiling anyways
Oct 8, 2011
Oct 8, 2011 at 1:20 AM UTC
mortality is beautiful
like a fragile bird
on a floral print
or a bandage on a wound
the truth is always tangled
up like vines
with the untrue
but mortality won’t lie
or turn away its glance
mortality is beautiful
like knowing a sad ending
and smiling anyways
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