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Ric 2d
And now I have to remember you
Longer than I knew you.
The problem with loving so deeply is that you may never love that deep again.
"...THE WEPYING TYME..."

my 9 year old self
bargains with God
"Let me die in her place!"

Christ on the cross
snickers with candlelight
at such impudence

"If you want a life
...a death...take me!"
"Straight swop!" I explain reasonably

I urge God again
to accept my offer
the silence deepens

the silence enters him
fills him to the brim
only a tear escapes

God un-god-ed
by my sister's death
I tell Him to go to Hell

*

The title comes from a phrase of Sir Thomas More whilst he awaited trail and execution in the the Tower of London.
Esme 2d
I looked in the mirror today,
i don't do it often unless I'm putting on makeup,
But i actually looked,
My room was dim and the time hit 4am,
I had the bright idea of looking,
I wish i didnt,
My face wasn't my own,
You could see the pain,
The eye bags weighing heavy all the tears left uncried,
I wasn't myself  anymore,
I was barely a corporeal form of myself,
The shadow of you haunting behind me,
Its the only time i see you now,
In the darkness of my room,
With no where to hide
can you tell i went crazy last night???
a light veil of mist
lingered o'er the valley
on an autumn morn
Onoma 2d
You shouldn't

of touched,

Charlie.

Ain't  no warning

fair, if you not with

our lord.
Today is a portal day—
a day to close cycles,
to remember,
to say enough.

And who messages me?
You.
Like confirmation
from the universe.

I saw the photos online—
you with her,
traveling,
smiling.

But always behind sunglasses,
so no one notices
how bored you are.

My sister says
she’s just a filler,
a stand-in.
There’s no glow in your eyes.

All that’s left
is to laugh at the scene,
because deep down,
it feels almost comical.

So I wish you happiness—
though my heart is stormy,
angry, torn.

If I wish you harm,
I create bad karma.
So—
many felicities.
her smile
stops at her eyes

but i still believe
in first dates
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