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Ashes and Misery
December 9, 2018
Misery is a mold
With each laceration
We are shaped
Into an abyss
Deeper is it forming
Still
Until you feel hollow
And lost
Adrift amongst nothingness
Until you settle
Like a feather falling
Into flame
Scorching, writhing
Until there is nothing left
But ash
Scattered like dust
And suppressed
© Brittany L., Wolfforth, TX
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giantrubbershark BRONZE said...
on Mar. 30 2021 at 11:12 am
That is a lie. I wrote it for a prank.
I recently came out (to my friends), so here are my muddled emotions of [that] on the page...