...Symphony of catastrophic thoughts
https://youtu.be/2FdP0eS47ts?t=11
Burn an effigy with dire winds upon sandstone scars
My waters chilled the flames of reckless desire
Cascaded over cliffs of careless thought
Into a pit of abandon, they rot
Courage has no purchase in the shadow of futility
These steel -grey eyes offer only resentment of a world never wandered
You ponder in the agony of what is left
A shallow thought of the bereft
I am the widow of your dreams
A place where there are no screams
Only silent reflection of all your imperfections
A cannibal of your own hope
You stare into the black mirror
Seeing your reflection holding the rope
© 2020 SolApathy
Author's Note:
...In a moment of terse reflection I glimpsed a day I wasn't tortured by these imperfections...
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