The Rest of My Bones

Everything on the outside
Seems intact and in bloom
I am approaching a half century
There's still plenty of room

For life to rain down
And show me much more
But internally i'am breaking up
I'm startled and raw

I'm tired
At my heart i'm tender
I excuse my memory 
As i just can't remember

I feel nothing
Yet feel everything like thunder
There's no book of what to do
When you feel your're going under

All our lives a continuous donation
That nobody ever condones
One by one ripped out and taken
Here take the rest of my bones
Copyright © | Year Posted 2022

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June 29, 2022 at 6:16 PM
Ouch!... Maybe keep a few bones for nostalgia's sake, Jo. :) gw
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