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dead flowers and lanterns


Mariah Pompa

5/5/17

                                                             Dead flowers and lanterns

The shift of the seasons,

Cherishing their freedoms,

But I feel no joy,

 

My eyes wide open,

Visions tunneling now,

 

I’m tumbling,

Tumbling,

Tumbling,

Down,

 

The sun is shining,

but I can’t feel it now,

 

The heat burns my skin,

Yet the cold air passes my lips,

 

It’s frightening to feel this numb,

Worse to be this young,

 

The loss of touch is killing me,

The connection once real,

So distant now,

 

The shadows closing in, 

My constant companion,

 

The lantern light only reaches so far,

My happy little sparks,

My beating heart,

 

Oh look at that,

I’m out of matches.

 

 

 

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