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The Alluring Death of Guilt

POEM " THE ALLURING DEATH OF GUILT " by martin gedge

Fade not ye whose heart is rich

for tempt may draw the eyes

the sin of the defining rope

of lust and sacred lies

for dark shall lure its guided host

into its bed of death

to suffocate and to possess

of all that you have left

you shall not seek this sordid kind

for patience willing pounce

to drain the life of every drop

and swallow every ounce

for thee a bug to hug the web

a soul of the cocoon

the feast for beast to dine aboard

with spiders in the womb

so of the weak there plays a fool

whose life will test the dead

to get their fix upon the bricks

while hanging by a thread

and to succumb and come undone

the pain will be severe

you lit the match that will unlatch

that everything you fear...

by martin gedge©

Copyright © | Year Posted 2020




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