Tuesday, September 20, 2022

Cadaverous

Please, laugh yourself away
With your speckled skin and brilliant
Baby blues, you need something new 

There's nothing fresh here, we are
An old story retold a thousand times
And the blood in our veins won't change 

You'll find out that I'm a torrential rain
On your graduation day, a downpour in
The bright light of May 

You'll realize I'm a perfect accident
Fleeting and final, I run from my pain
Like death is on my shoulders

You'll grow to know the truth of me
When I'm crying in the dark with your
Daggers in my chest, bleeding

And some other hand could seep in
Entwining, a rose climbing within
Thorns pressed to my skin. 











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