Scars

Scars
and Sun,
with their mark
a gruesome glow. 
You can taste that edge,
as the knife stabs your throat.
Cut pumpkins swallow the Sun,
now this final curtain is warmed.
Ostentatious heat clings, darkness waits
for that first bittersweet taste of autumn.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2025

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Hind Avatar
July 30, 2025 at 1:55 PM
A breathtaking poem, even in the pain.
Udaeta Avatar
July 30, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Thank you!!! Blessings.
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