Latent Destiny

10/14/21 Everything follows you home, Your skin is denying, The usual monochrome, For grip marks applying, The shell of your catacomb. Parts are tempted to find out, The severity of, Anything I’m forced to doubt, For the sake of our love, Entwined in roots yet to sprout. Gesture or reason won’t sway, Expel every sentence, Justifications convey, Your pleas for repentance, In the complete wrong way. You’re useless as a disgrace, And cliché as lovers, I don’t need to see a trace, Your dress barely covers, Areas that aren’t my place. This betrayal severs my spine, My newfound awareness, Lowers me down from your vine, And into the bareness, Of a concrete chalk outline. Quintain (Sicilian) - Emile Pinet