It stopped pumping blood
Gone deaf
Beneath a monolith of iron
Regrets
Warm skin
The ghost in your head is all that’s left
Eyes disengaged
A rainfall of memories
She holds your hand still and murmurs your name
Until life fades away
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The thread of memory entangling time
I know these images yet how cruel my heart
Funeral —raining
Mourning mass —raining
Procession —raining
Cremation —raining
The shame I bare is admission
I smiled at your death
Moist is pain as drought is relief
Inside burn in the eyes of god
The thought of you is of clouded skies
A menacing beast swallowing its tail
Hold tight, don’t think, freeze up the rain
Ghosts don’t crave any sympathy
Fade away
Remember those brown eyes filled with passion
Lively silly songs on the road
Bringing us along for communion
Pictures where your face is worn
Moist is pain as drought relief
Inside burn in the eyes of god
(whispering)
Hold this pain, never out
Hold this pain, keep it quiet now
Own this pain, hard to swallow
Ban this pain, keep it shallow
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