Unseeing Eyes

In numbness I bask

Stripped of joy, stripped of agony

A vessel that’s hollow

Life’s curse, life’s sweet irony

The gods I ask

Cruel, unrelenting

Shunned with silence

Dejected, spiting

The sun sets

Glaring, mocking

Shadows are cast

The world is dying
Copyright © | Year Posted 2012

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Kirimi Avatar
November 27, 2012 at 3:15 AM
good write
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