Lily Bellefluer

The monster cracks a smile
As I watch the sunrise
It puts an arm around me
Whispers it will be over soon
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The nakedness chokes the sea of fire
While the innocence prevails
The razor sharp memories cut deep
But falling leaves cut deeper.
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Can I say it aloud, what I feel
Or tuck it away
Undo the peel
The air is tense between us
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I’m lost on a path
I’ve walked before
It is so familiar to me
So many times I have walked it before
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Can you hear the silence-
Fell the silence?
Your voice hits like shrapnel
On a quiet battlefield.
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I saw the rose from afar, admiring its beauty
In time the beauty was not enough and I moved closer
I stopped to see that the rose was battered
But the beauty still shined through so I admired it from where I was
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