rusted edges, burning gears


 

The gears don't just turn; 

they gnash—teeth of industry, 

blood-stained from forgotten hands.

 

Whispers don’t drift;

they crack like breaking glass,

but no one listens.

 

Faces sink into hollow screens,

cogs spinning louder than their voices.

You scratch at the edges,

 

but the rust doesn’t heal—

it spreads, then consumes,

until the machinery roars

louder than any call to conscience.

 

What remains is ash upon broken soil,

                           laws etched in soot,

and names lost in the dust of progress.

 

But this system won’t bleed forever;

something stirs beneath its weight,

pulling at threads like thieves in the night.

 

The gears tremble— not from strength,

but from decay’s relentless pull.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Red Brick Keshner

Mon 30th Jun 2025 12:09

Thanks @Ray Miller 🌷isn’t that the way more often than not! Brings me back to the preciseness of brevity😃🙏🏻🕊️

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Ray Miller

Mon 30th Jun 2025 11:42

Enjoyed the read, though I thought the first two stanzas more striking than the rest.

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