Witchcraft permeates…
No, not the darkest of arts,
…the rebirth of song
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Broad strokes redefining life
Blissfully merging genres
Witchcraft permeates…
No, not the darkest of arts,
…the rebirth of song
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Broad strokes redefining life
Blissfully merging genres
In syncopation
Hearts align, becoming one
Forever, always
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Rhythm is the key to life
Inhaling your true love’s breath
Amidst my collapse
You hit me like the heartache
That still brings a smile
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Irony, elating me
The agony that I own
The alligator
Wicked in it’s depiction
Pity speaks upon
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Coarsest skin and angled teeth
Locking jaws in reflection
Weeping willows waltz
In shadows beyond the pane
A breeze sways posture
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Dusk’s flickering light alters
The procession of the soul
Texture: How it feels
Sensorial appetites
Vision: What is seen
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The closest thing to magic
Greed satiates the gullet
Richest tapestries
Marred by ignorant choices
Still though, warm enough
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For those without clothes to shield
style is not weighed upon
Tiny redbirds dance
Lonely blades cling to their green
As the month shades white
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Procrastinating wings cry
For now the air freezes flight
Colors paint the man
Depressing down are ones blues
While red shades abhor
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Fear chases the yellow hue
And greys covet flesh through age
Why all the rushing?
Tomorrow is but a day
As was yesterday
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Today is what we live now
Yet rarely does it linger