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UNTITLED NUMBER 1 And as our bodies moved apart All the bitter dust fills up our mouths Forbidding love to pass our lips There were green leaves blanketing the earth Comforting the death of youth I don’t know why I watched you go But after every light had drown I fondly kissed the clock goodnight We laid for a long time in the rain Basking in our private sun The seconds soaking deep into our skin We couldn’t know what we would come to be The cradle, and the casket, and the beds we call our home Make us lost before we’re found We watched the shadows spin around our bodies Before the cadences of unity disappeared The photos echoing through the dark room Share an old story with a slow-dying flame And when the embers burn down And the ancient tales make you drowsy with love The faces fade from failing heat And the cold night closes in Ashes to ashes Dust to dust