Sinkhole

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Your words caved into my heart

Collapsed my chest

You stunned me with your lips

And I woke up in a crypt

 

It’s dark in this grave that you put me in,

And I wonder how deep you buried me

Will I ever again see the light of day?

Or am I left down here to decay?

 

We built a home in a coffin,

And I was sucked by a sinkhole to the center of the Earth.

You watched me drown in blackness as

I descended into eternity without you.

 

But this is what you wanted,

And what you wanted was not me.

Deep inside, as I cried, your sorrow façade became clear to me.

Goodnight world, and to people like you.

Maybe down here, I won’t be hurt again.

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Sitting atop a hill of grass,

I saw a castle on a mountain,

With bits of brick and stone and brass,

And marble courtyard fountains.

 

Wildflowers ran along the side of the mountain.

I heard the roar of a waterfall.

Vines worked their way through the cracks of the structure,

And flourished on the walls.

 

A wooden bridge had collapsed from rotting;

Its decayed debris scattered across the dried river floor.

The sun beamed high in the sky,

Feeding the vines and the flowers they bore.

 

Walking away I took one glimpse back,

And tried to imagine before the cracks…

 

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