Clutching At Straws

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in the twilight hours
when all is deathly quiet
i lay awake
clutching at straws 

i watch over you
with all the vigilance
i can muster
holding my breath as if

as if i might protect you
as if i could fight off the ravages
of time and the venom inside you
the cancer that eats away at you

i refuse to close my eyes
so not to hear the thunder
of raging lynchmen
madly riding their horses
through the fog of night

in the twilight hours
when all is deathly quiet
i lay awake
on the lookout
clutching at straws 



AP: Honorable Mention 2020

Submitted on September 13, 2020 for contest CLUTCHING AT STRAWS sponsored by KAI MICHAEL NEUMANN

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Mahtab Bangalee

Date: 9/13/2020 11:23:00 PM

this is the life wherein every stress, distress though not allow living yet we have to live anyhow. let the pains, pangs, agonies die somehow through the love for life...great write

Line Gauthier
Date: 9/15/2020 11:43:00 AM

Thanks, Mahtab. Never a dull moment ~

Eve Roper

Date: 9/13/2020 9:22:00 PM

Amazing; your heart felt emotions and thoughts are truly felt in this verse. Bless you and yours with lots of prayers and hugs. Also, good luck in the contest.

Line Gauthier
Date: 9/15/2020 11:43:00 AM

Thank you so much, Eve. Most appreciated ~