A Travesty of Words

bits | pieces | fragments

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Where roosters crow

At the sun's fall

And silent storms

Consume us all,

I steal away

On an empty sea

As you bury

The pieces of we.

—RTG

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and within

your endless sea

empty me

of my stars

and drown me

beneath the seam

of your love's

violent deep.

—RTG

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i surrendered

to the warm brightness

of your gentle soul,

even as, i

emptied myself into

every wandering heart

that refused to thaw.

—RTG

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and we

have always been

broken,

even before

the first stars fell

from weary eyes.

—RTG

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an echo of you

still exists

somewhere between

an empty heart

and a fading dream.

—RTG

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And with every scar

another piece of me

becomes lost underneath

a desert of tears.

—RTG

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pills have been parceled

and little cups filled

as they prepare

our daily dose

that numbs us

to the world.

—RTG

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and a wave of shadow

washes over me

as a yearning heart becomes

another lost dream

fed to an angry sea.

—RTG

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the storm washed away

the empty pain

as ten thousand tears

fell like hot rain.

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and we

leave our stars

in the hearts

of others

in the hope

that we find

a safe home

for our love.

—RTG

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If I die today,

above all else,

remember how much

I loved.

—RTG

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sometimes

our memories

are all that we have

to keep the shadows

from consuming us whole.

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in stillness

we breathe in,

though the burden

compresses our chests

and the air stings

heavy scars into our skin,

still, we breathe in

as we pretend to dream.

—RTG

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in you

i become

the shape

of we.

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we sailed

for salvation,

but sunk

into oblivion.

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i am faded –

a lost whisper

within the fog.

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from below

a river rumbles

as every tear

thunders against

the clutched stones

aimed at our hearts.

—RTG