Cast iron grip
Un-relinquished hold
A future kept secret
A future untold


A heart so weary
A mind does weep
Through clenched eyelids
Tears do seep


Un-daunting edge
In passionless fury
As we wonder why?

What’s the hurry?


Heart sprung forth
Words too shallow
Minds-a-wash
Souls too hollow


Choked sobs lost
To the silence of night
The diminishing of
Passion so bright


Hopeless eyes as you
Lose all your light
A choice to give up
Not fight the good fight


The edge of reason
Crossroads ahead
To go where we go
Or end up in bed


Peals of mocking laughter
A shadow of a smirk
Makes me wonder
Why I thought we'd work


The soprano of
Warming hope
Life so fragile
Strung on rope


Sing a song
Of a fantasy
Empty wishes
Of what would never be

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