Time drags it’s feet
As the sunlight plays in my windows
No one knows how silent I can be
How still
This esoteric existence
Shining
Sweet
That so few know exists
The reflection
Like a spectrum of color
The dreams that play
On my walls
Like a picture show
Tip toes and soft sighs
I wrap myself in it
And drown
Gloriously
Here is where
I find
That place inside
Where the words dance for me
We were soldiers
Prisoners of war
Bretheren in battle
And yet the fallen
Litter these killing fields
Ghosts still walking
Haunted by their own dying
Denial that they ever fell at all
This story has no heroes
And the villians fell
Victims of themselves
We walked among
The corpses
Carrying death
Crazed and clinging
I stood alone
Coated in the years
And I gathered
The fallen
I refused
I refused
I refused
There would be no defeat
As long as I could hold on
The fallen will be loved
As long as I can speak
I’ll make them believe
It’s over
They are free
And though the killing fields
Are a cruel thief
They will steal no more
Every time I hear your smiling voice
I want to weep
Like a child
Your freedom is my latest laceration
And between the words we don’t speak
I bleed
But I have a needle, thread, and teeth
I will stitch
Between the words that I can’t say
My heart will shiver
Every time I bite my tongue
Beautiful, let me hear you laugh
My every breath is a gasp
My every move is stiff
Don’t let that be worthless
Let me exhale forgiveness
It’s all perspective
And between the words that we don’t speak
I’ll learn to heal
Between moments and minutes
These feelings tremble
Tenative
With affection and devotion
A feather soft caress of forgiveness
But within these days and months and years
A sickness spreads
Slick and poison green and black
Absolution cascades like these tears
And yet bitter
they sting
Like a raw and open wound
I speak gently so gently
I murmur and whisper
To my shivering heart
This blame does not belong to you
Pry your fingers from this insecure disgrace
Breathe for those moments and minutes
Speak genuinely and with fervor
Let your mouth burn
Let yourself rest upon the truth
Let your hands embrace
Do not let anyone
Blur who you are
Do not let their pain
Ruin your thriving
Sense of self
Do not break because they are broken
Let your hands embrace
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