Tattered

I flap, remembered
through treacherous gusts:
freedom dismembered
by old bloodline trusts

assuring collapse
with floods of treaties
prompting a relapse
of diabetes

bursting the synapse
in chemical sway,
tightening those bootstraps
till trust fades away.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2010

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Culverhouse Avatar
June 28, 2010 at 4:33 PM
diabetes is an evil, non forgiving destructive force to be reckoned with.
Kendrick Avatar
June 28, 2010 at 10:54 AM
Intesting thoughts that you have penned in this one.. Could go several ways in the interpertation in this one..Sara
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