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Garden at Night
I struggle to see over the fog
Stumbling through the dark
Light reflected from the moon on the curves of each beautiful dew drop
A field of jewels that sparkle as I pass
Danger lurks in the mist that swirls around me
The voice of reason pleads with me to come away
Reaching to lift the veil of night that rests across my mind
By searing pain
Born from a building charge
A flash
Chased by a life shattering roar
Applause signaling the delivery of justice
Nothing left but cinders and steam
Or
By a dull pain
The ache of memory
The phantom of an arm or leg that is no longer there
A dream
Cut away to protect the rest from annihilation
Each day of trespass in the garden of forbidden love
I taunt the sky and dare it to destroy me
You set the stage with
You set the stage with enchanting and enticingly dark imagery and then expressed piercingly raw pain with amazing prowess—stunts of language such as:
"A dream
Cut away to protect the rest from annihilation"
And the final stunner:
"I taunt the sky and dare it to destroy me"
An immersive achievement. Loved every moment of it!