Come this fall

Come this fall
I will walk the fine line
between pretension and humility
arrogance and sincerity,
and there will be
funerals and wedding bells
and first moments and last breaths
Come this fall
I will set out on the journey
to uncover what lies beneath
the tragic tales and illustrious lies
all the made up, tentative thoughts
of being, of prolonging this phase
in which we are dying, [...]

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Treason

Tell me why, she questions
with a naive innocence
and all I do is stare back
into clear, lucid, laminated eyes
that fail to grasp the urgency of truth
while a frown masks the turmoil
brewing hesitancy inside a heart made of fire
and she waits for reason, an answer
but I cautiously step back from the crime scene
run an empty hand through [...]

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