Exit Wounds
vacant shell yawning
extinguished spirit spawning
a peek at souls
who lived within these walls
days and years of silence
that held in abeyance
the score of awful years
as due care disappears
tended garden dying
dead heads sighing
door finally clicking closed
silent ending unopposed
Copyright © Jill Martin | Year Posted 2006
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