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while i waited
for a sign
i forgot
to look at you

i still wait
but now
i do it
alone
it's
not enough
and
it
never will be;

but
it's never wasted
and
won't soon
be forgotten.
this rope
should not be pulled
from opposite ends
in opposite directions

what once was straight
is now
a tangled knot;
no direction
can be discerned

my white-knuckled grip
must be relaxed
if
this mess
is to be
made straight
they say that
the centre will hold;
it's a pity
i'm not
centred
at all
I will dwell in the silence
    Between your every breath
So that your soul is never for a moment
Barren and empty
Five thirty seven am on a 29th of March
On the Year of twenty fifteen, on the hot breeze
Left with lunatic schemes not as usual
But as often as the summer comes
But not as permanent as the street love
Cornered with nothingness hoping for Zeus.
There's a demon in my head and it's finally figured out how to turn my skin transparent and show itself. It escapes through the blank stares in my eyes and as much as I try I can't stop it from venting through my teeth with whatever air is left in my lungs. It's slowly killing me and making my blood toxic.
 Jun 2018 Phillip Walter
Barker
The line between
Love and Hate
Is a lot
Thinner
Than you would think
(c)ibarker
 Jun 2018 Phillip Walter
Barker
I used to wish upon love.
Now I wish upon the strength and the will to withstand it.
(c)ibarker
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