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This desert, dry as my lips, as my eyes Which shed no tears. This pale sheet of barren hell, The voice of isolation. Far, these days, from heaven. I take a long drink, perhaps my last Not to quench my own thirst, Drawn from my own mouth. But, to cure the insatiable thirst That was my Father's. Which has grown fiendishly in me. But I drink, and I know And I loathe, twisting Myself into something mean, Bitter and wrong. I own this beast I know his name I curse my father I devour his shame. Though most of all, I walk forward, Never averting horizon's gaze.
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Jul 17, 2017
Jul 17, 2017 at 1:02 PM UTC
Sins of the Father
This desert, dry as my lips, as my eyes Which shed no tears. This pale sheet of barren hell, The voice of isolation. Far, these days, from heaven. I take a long drink, perhaps my last Not to quench my own thirst, Drawn from my own mouth. But, to cure the insatiable thirst That was my Father's. Which has grown fiendishly in me. But I drink, and I know And I loathe, twisting Myself into something mean, Bitter and wrong. I own this beast I know his name I curse my father I devour his shame. Though most of all, I walk forward, Never averting horizon's gaze.
devin-ortiz
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Jul 17, 2017
Jul 17, 2017 at 1:02 PM UTC
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