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Breath speaks as much

All hurried and afraid

Truce with vision

To sight this moment

I will never know 

Just what I need

 

Gather tall and

All my kindness

Not to bury me deep

From the anger

You've dug in me

 

Dash upon the

Clarified

To stake a claim

My love was just

 

Rash I was but

Verrified

Iv'e taken aim

I used to trust

 

Cheap wine in

A broken bed

My head is dark

And high

 

Iv'e never been so alone

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The pain is searing and

The pain is searing and palpable in this superbly composed and streamlined spill of emotion. Each line is a knockout blow. Amazing.