Before the Fall

Wounded vanity
 mother of all tragedy
Slander and insults
the arrows dead aim

Pride bleeding carnage
no reason can bandage
The mirror once broken
—each crack filled with pain

(Dreamsleep: February, 2023)
Copyright © | Year Posted 2023

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