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Lewis Burns Oct 2020
Will I ever see the crows that creak?
The chipping away of me with their beak
Or will I let them chip away?
Until my life just turns grey

There they sit watching my final moments
Tugging away at corpses like they’re instruments
Whilst I sit waiting for my life to fade
Or at lest release me from this disarray

Darkness covers my eyes and is calming
As the shadow shows me all that is charming
For I have never truly seen
And will forever remain here
In the dark

The trees are watching with repent
But I can already smell that dreadful scent
The scent of blackened blood
From those who understood
He’s always watching carefully
So I must ascend gracefully

Do you want to go there?
A place where hearts tear
A place where the mind breaks
The memories scattered in snowflakes
Crystallised and misunderstood

Will I remember you?
Someone must have loosened the *****
Your face is non existent
Why is my brain repellent?
Remember, remember, remember
I give up and can’t get closer

Arrogant, spiteful, heartless liar
None shall hear your screams prior
Though you don’t care for them
They’re screams of mayhem
Bearing down on my soul
Staining my heart with coal

I’m in love, broken yet enraged
What can I do with a heart so caged?
The bars protect me forcefully
While I beg for help desperately
Only to be silenced easily
And let my voice die

“Cry, cry, cry” I plead hastily
“Why?,Why?” I ask hysterically
Just to hear the silence answer me
Leaving me alone to only see

Yet all I see is the shade of my eyes
They have blackened significantly
So how can I smile?
Knowing I’ll only reflect my denial

Those eyes still look loving
My hearts barely moving
Can I truly make them happy?
Or am a lonely tree
Listening but never responding

Again I find myself asking
Will i ever see the crows that creak?
The chipping away of me with their beak
Or will I let them chip away?
Until my life just turns to grey
And leaves me in this cage
Lewis Burns Oct 2020
An old oak tree
It would always ask
Me to nourish thee
I’d sit alone every day
Until you would come to stay
The leaves would fall
And I would too
But I fell in love with you

The broken pieces lay on the floor
Like glass they hurt when touched
Until you came through the door
Blood running down the piece you clutched

An old oak tree
It would always ask
Me to nourish thee
I’d sit alone every day
Until you would come to stay
The leaves would fall
And I would too
But I fell in love with you

My mind has split apart
I felt like I was drowning
My heart had split in two
And it was all for you
I didn’t know what to do

The darkness had settled back in
And I would begin to realise my sin
The sin of letting you examine
The pieces you had clutched

An old oak tree
It would always ask
Me to nourish thee
I’d sit alone every day
Until you would come to stay
The leaves would fall
And I would too
But I fell in love with you

But before I could break
I was made aware of the mistake
That you were planning to leave
My heart had time to relieve


An old oak tree
It would always ask
Me to nourish thee
I’d sit alone every day
Until you would come to stay
The leaves would fall
And I would too
But I fell in love with you

Your smile is like the moon
One shift and it sends a tide
A tide of emotion I can’t explain
It’s like you’ve taken away the rain
And with it....... my pain

An old oak tree
It would always ask
Me to nourish thee
I’d sit alone every day
Until you would come to stay
The leaves would fall
And I would too
But I fell in love with you
I hope you feel that way too

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