Transfusion's Masquerade

How can you teach Poetry,
  or breathe for someone else

Sharing what your soul has freed,
  deep within yourself

Can you cross a bridge unbuilt,
  its toll not yours to pay
  
Squeezing blood from wounds long healed,
 —transfusion’s masquerade

(Villanova Pennsylvania: April, 2017)
Copyright © | Year Posted 2017

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April 15, 2017 at 1:38 PM
I can relate to this piece. Well penned.
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