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Righteous Escape
death will knock at your door
it will
it will haunt you like a songbird on your windowsill
echoing a tune you won’t forget
yes, death will knock at your door
so be ready
will you answer the doorbell?
will you wait?
now and then, the sound grows louder
as time passes, the urge gets stronger
aging with a rotting door
soon to collapse
the house you live in
wasn’t built to last
death will kill your door
it will
and so the reckoning begins
to stay alone as the draft sets in
or to run into the arms of darkness
making your righteous escape
it will
it will haunt you like a songbird on your windowsill
echoing a tune you won’t forget
yes, death will knock at your door
so be ready
will you answer the doorbell?
will you wait?
now and then, the sound grows louder
as time passes, the urge gets stronger
aging with a rotting door
soon to collapse
the house you live in
wasn’t built to last
death will kill your door
it will
and so the reckoning begins
to stay alone as the draft sets in
or to run into the arms of darkness
making your righteous escape
Published 7th Jan 2020
| Edited 9th Jan 2020
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8th Jan 2020 00:31am
I like how you use the repeat and the slowly decaying barrier between life and death ie the threshold of a door way, nice job
29th Jan 2020 8:39pm
