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For us nightingales
in an age of antecedent attention
adoration for the weak
penchant for the at ease
you arise
you walk with grace
across burning coals
craving to feel the heat
vehement with rhetoric meetings
banished to breathe
the defiance of the devil
the here and the now
into our ashes
you sing
to all us suffering nightingales
as we nurse from your teat
sliced through our banished wounds
slit up amid the fear
curling into every empty cavity
lost in (the) spaces {of our mind}
one virtuous note at a time
adoration for the weak
penchant for the at ease
you arise
you walk with grace
across burning coals
craving to feel the heat
vehement with rhetoric meetings
banished to breathe
the defiance of the devil
the here and the now
into our ashes
you sing
to all us suffering nightingales
as we nurse from your teat
sliced through our banished wounds
slit up amid the fear
curling into every empty cavity
lost in (the) spaces {of our mind}
one virtuous note at a time
Published 19th May 2020
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Anonymous
19th May 2020 3:02pm
It always seems to me that strength is seen in the vulnerability and the determination to keep struggling forward when the light fades and the demons come out to play. I'm not sure if I'm reading this right, but that's the energy I get from this one.
19th May 2020 3:41pm
20th May 2020 11:30pm
Bravo! This is ink that I wish that I'd have written, Tim...the fragility of love is captured in each word man.
Cheers...Harry
Cheers...Harry
21st May 2020 5:20pm
yes speak it. the defiance of the devil is real. some really good lines here.
