Marriage By Knives

Unscrupulous ties of marriage by knives,
And a face that begot the sun,
All time and fate doth mingle late
Till resting sorrow come,

The mind
Once stretched
And muddled
And tetched,
Shall in its mourning see
That in the end, we all as one
Will in our coffins be.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2016

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June 4, 2016 at 12:26 AM
WOW, you are new and you won in a contest already, I'm so excited for you. :) SKAT
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June 11, 2016 at 6:52 AM
:) Thank you! I didn't think that I would win at all! Haha
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June 2, 2016 at 10:35 PM
wow, it sounds like a prison not of choice. I super love this one. LINDA
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June 11, 2016 at 6:49 AM
Thank You ;)
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