Obsolete Words
i am crying for obsolete words
how they die without fanfare
and without a single statement:
strung together-wordsOfsomepompOus
poetCrying a vacant heart out.
We are the students
We are the vampires
without reflection
or friction = all zero
say prayers inside
dying flies
Share and shame
slay and color
the baby's room
in clean shades of shame
in all madness and Kingdom of victims.
Oh, i never let go
Oh, i gave a
centuries ago when a good man was
nailed to a wooden cross
:: 11.16.2021 ::
Copyright © Ernest Robles | Year Posted 2021
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