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unsalvaged (Free verse) by skaskowski
you rose and you fell
as my eyes held your image,
your tears fell to
Hell,
Quenching fire with fire?
i heard your last scream
or
was that a
dream?
or was it my own lack of foresight
atoned?
you fell, and you
cried,
and my selfishness died
and your flesh, burning, held in its
absence
my own Hell.
Folded up like a napkin,
inhibition was satin,
so
smoothe and indulgent
but
how long could i hold it?
i dropped it--or
sold it
for peace and release.
for a glimpse of the sea,
for the end of
this pain,
For the soft, cleansing rain...
You lived and you died,
and
i died by your side.
So you said "Don't forget"
But my hands are still
wet...
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