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The Curse of Distrust
The sound of your voice
as your walls come up
the sacred inability
to fully trust
like words resting
on the tip of your tongue
you want it to come out
but can't quite get it
Friday 2nd December 2022 5:25 am
Go away
Forget me please
I scream at you
as you knock on my door
with tears in your eyes
in that black dress
once again
I hit you
with all my force
push you away
and slam that door
into you face
I hear you cry
in the rain
and I know
you´ll be back
I can´t kill
a memory
Sunday 12th April 2020 10:47 pm
Wounded
Wounded.
Black bullet hole wound
blooms red November petals.
Blood and remembrance.
Sunday 9th November 2014 4:08 pm
the red regret of Thomas
the red regret of Thomas
my fingers drip crimson apologies
but now it’s far too late
I wanted to feel the red in you
to let the steaming coils
wrap themselves around my disbelief
so when you offered your wounds
I was cautious at first
but needed to satisfy fears
apprehension turned
to blood lust
even as the sticky mess of truth
congealed upon my skin
tears dribbled down my ...
Monday 24th March 2014 6:48 pm
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