Colin Marschall Poet Free verse

~flowing Discourse~

i)
It’s hard to listen
to a broken man flapping
in the wind of his own speech,
while a void waits like poised snake
ready to strike,

and it isn’t easy just to watch
him suffocate beneath sobs
of self imposed sorrow,

but what else can I do
to clear the space he blocks.

ii)
        I never considered myself a barricade
        something you could hide behind,
        and I thought we’d always find
        a way to stop erosion.

iii)
doesn’t matter
that its quiet
now the door
has closed upon
your screams.

I don’t need
to scale your back
to see over 
your thoughts.

iv)
          I am arid,

          burning in a drought.

v)
I am free to flood the plain.

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