Best Gilt Poems

I was a busy archaeologist, who enjoyed interesting and fulfilling work,
And I was very intrigued, with the ancient sites where mystery lurked. 

My painstaking work caused me to travel, ofttimes to far distant lands,
As golden day weds silken nighttime, with rich, colorful wedding bands.

Having been...

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Innocent and full of wonder
Quick to love
Slow to trust
Not slow enough
Whispered promises and
Trepidicious caresses
Eyes lulled closed
Frost creeping
Slow icy death of
An internal winter
The last leaf of hope falls
Winter shrouds the heart in ice
Rent and frozen in time
Pain screams without sound
A lifetime passes
Pressure mounts
Shards cut so deeply
Lifeblood...

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Betray your friends
Turn your back on them
For in your eyes
Glows shining and faultless
A glorious prize
Valued far above compassion
Of which the size alone
Is compensation

But in the end you'll find
The bag of gold
For which you sold your soul
Has turned to stone
You'll have nothing left
But your gilt...

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Anarchy incited by consciousness divides deeply
rather than conquer those already sleeping
evermore the same, those who have, who have not
shills at a game of chance fill the room, persuasion the game
populated backstories idealize and idolize submission
turned up volume can’t let me think I can do anything...

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