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Witchcraft permeates…

No, not the darkest of arts,

…the rebirth of song

 

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Broad strokes redefining life

Blissfully merging genres

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In syncopation

Hearts align, becoming one

Forever, always

 

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Rhythm is the key to life

Inhaling your true love’s breath

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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

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The alligator

Wicked in it’s depiction

Pity speaks upon

 

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Coarsest skin and angled teeth

Locking jaws in reflection

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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

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Texture: How it feels

Sensorial appetites

Vision: What is seen

 

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The closest thing to magic

Greed satiates the gullet

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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

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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

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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

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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