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Fragmented

Fragmented 
Worn out 

My veil has been stretched and torn at it seams 
My face tells a story 
Hardened by the damp and the cold 

Embittered and coarsened by the wind 
The heavy gusts blow me 
To and fro 
In a whirlwind 

Stranded and distant 

Solitary 
Solitude 
Solo 

My hands shiver in the cold 
The frostbite takes hold of me 

My clothes have become tatty and battered 
Dusted and covered in mud

My soul lives in a different realm 
Beyond myself 

My eyes and the soul concealed behind it 
Is a façade
It shows a person and a soul  

But it is merely an after-image 
A ghost 
A story 
And a front 

Sadly 
My soul has long since been dead. 


Copyright © Martyn King

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