Don't try

Don't try

Left with dust on my lip
I watch as
Your skin
Schrivels like bacon
Your hair
Stands of wire
Steel gray
Course
Thin
The sun
Ignites 
the flames
In your eyes 
We used to push
20 cc 
In our sleep
You would
Whisper
"Don't try"
As you 
passed the
Belt
Copyright © | Year Posted 2025

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