The Last Stand

I’ve watched the sun kiss a thousand clouds
how long must I wait for you?

tongue-tied, beseeched, avowed
how far must I strain for you?

once drunk in endless light
now starving in your shadow

it lingers beyond farewell
leaving all earthly things fallow

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fire creeps along my veins
heat wells within my heart
once I was on your side
now I long to tear you apart

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there’s nothing left to write
words fail me
adrift in a barren sea
I’m flailing
poised to dread the coming rains
and thunder
fearing this has been our last stand

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racing behind my brow
empty dreams preoccupy

what was, what is, and what will be
tremble and ossify

—

fires creep along my veins
heat wells within my heart
once I was on your side
now I long to tear you apart

—

there’s nothing left to write
words fail me
adrift in a barren sea
I’m flailing
poised to dread the coming rains
and thunder
fearing this has been our last stand