twenty four.
Then, there is this end --
A shallow and underwhelming
Dawn
I would sooner repeat the burning
Cliff hanger sun fall,
Night fall
All encompassing
The Night falls heavy, decisively,
A cruel eyed velvet curtain
And the perfection of the momentary
Hush of the room
The collective inhalation
Painting
Anticipation down the aisles
I would finalize, I would finish nothing
It's the realization of the end that
Bores
I would be swallowed by night
Before bathing in another off white
Morning swoon
And sweetly chiming song
Climbing through
The window
With a mocking impish grin
To shame the devil catching sin
And after, the ebbing of between.
The empty of me
The --
So much talent just pours out of you. Love reading your poetry, thank you for sharing your letters with the world :-)
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