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Marking the Secrets

Violence deceives  
in the absence of love
 masking a template
that fits like a glove

Destruction and madness 
call from within
where lies have embedded 
in footnotes to sin

Violence festers 
in spirit deformed
to strike ever constant
those feelings unborn

Its petroglyph’s holler 
from caves deep inside
marking the secrets
—we most try to hide

(Dreamsleep: June, 2023)

Copyright © | Year Posted 2023




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