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Rhapsody In Red

All the secrets hidden In the folds of red-hued linen Eyes denied the spell of light Across damaged ruins of a life And he might have even bled To hear the truths she said But it’s lost in time instead … Continue reading

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Salieri

I am but fortune’s fool May as well be Salieri Striving Baying at the moon While Mozart’s melodies make symphonies Of the celestial forms My fingernails dug so deep Into my own skin I bled From all the glories that … Continue reading

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Vanquished – For Prompt 46 – Bitter Loathing

They say true hatred’s born of love But here no finer feelings bled within such arid desert where no tears for water can be shed We stumbled on such paradox A deeper schism found instead When once I called you … Continue reading

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