I cannot
Bring you back
Can I
Breathe in you new life
With a breath all my own
How will I
Erase your pain
I will not
I shall not
Dishonor your story
Shall I
With my wish to the stars
Diminish your scars
How could I
Erase your name
I could not
Everything was white
And there were almost too many flowers
The distance from there to there finally closed
It was daylight
Not that anyone would remember
And for once, nobody looked away
The learned vixens
Damn them
Bless them
How
How did they knowHow may I hear it
More tenderly though
Will half-open soft eyes
And low heartfelt voice
Ease the blowOr best to re-frame
There is no dark day
Coming for you
That you cannot handle
I knew they knew
Thank you
You song
That sings me to sleep
You billow-brushed voice
As I spiral deepDown Into the slumber
My arms pull you close
“Come with me” they ask you
Eyes already closed
We whisper “I….”
I know it is my unbelief
That keeps me in this loop
But as I touch the white fur fringe
Of his red velvet suit
I ask again a second time
For simply one small thing
The Ultra-Fantastic, Super-Fly, Retro Decoder Ring
Up my spine
To the height of my neck
That is where steel shall meet cell
And I don’t care how man protests
What beauty there
Curiosity is for others I knew
Curious I opened you
Crossed-out were all the meanings
Rewritten in red were the right ones you wrote
Green arrows referencing citatations to other languages
Not spoken before
Pronouncing words to the best of my abilities
Curious I laid you down
I was rescued
Standing In the dark
When after
Sensing the palpable impending
Hearing the rumbling, the boom
Watching the ceiling crackle, then crumble
Feeling the plaster powder fall into my disbelieving eyes
Blinding me further
Burying my strong, long legs
As I sat
In slow-motion
I stood up, shell-shocked
For how long, it is too soon to know
Though now, I know I stand
Rescued
These melting hearts
The few of us have
That cannot escape the moment
Without uttering yes
The self-proclaimed wise
Tsk, tsk us and say
I’ve a number for you
They’ll fix it all up
The think’d wiser-still
Warn, no one can save you
And you’re weak
If you hope for who’d try
Let us tell what we’ve found
No call, no warn’ will we heed
For the hand and the kiss
Of a Friend, it helps heal
I won’t wish to play
Won’t wish to play games
Won’t wish to play games with the wind
For whether it’s there
Or which way it moves
I truly defer to its whim
No mandate to watch
Or hear its loud howls
Controls me and no thought I give
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