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Overdue
Guilt enraptures skin
and flesh
till its bone
and blood.
Greedy fingers wanting
always wanting
never wrapping comfortably
around what they want.
Praise
a frivolous thing
handed to those
undeserving.
And I am one
who has not earned
what they desire
so deeply.
Claws rip deep
thoughts cut deeper
marrow mixing
yellow and red.
Snow and rain
sun changing them
yet do they
deserve to be changed?
and flesh
till its bone
and blood.
Greedy fingers wanting
always wanting
never wrapping comfortably
around what they want.
Praise
a frivolous thing
handed to those
undeserving.
And I am one
who has not earned
what they desire
so deeply.
Claws rip deep
thoughts cut deeper
marrow mixing
yellow and red.
Snow and rain
sun changing them
yet do they
deserve to be changed?
Published 14th Nov 2024
Author's Note
I feel really bad about not responding to comments or commenting on others' poems. I'm a very nervous person. The idea that I could be saying the wrong thing makes me freeze, and decide it's better to say nothing. But I appreciate comments so much and I want to give that to others, as well as appreciate ones sent my way. I'm going to try and talk to people, even though it scares me.
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