Remains of a Sunday

The door so softly
clicks
closed
    so
       quietly
              quietly.
I wonder where to go
with half a
heartbeat.
I will surely die
    without a full
        breath to light
            dark chambers
stuttering
   puddling scarlet
stains
a breathless western sunset.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2006

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