Untitled Number 1
UNTITLED NUMBER 1
And as our bodies moved apart
All the bitter dust fills up our mouths
Forbidding love to pass our lips
There were green leaves blanketing the earth
Comforting the death of youth
I don’t know why I watched you go
But after every light had drown
I fondly kissed the clock goodnight
We laid for a long time in the rain
Basking in our private sun
The seconds soaking deep into our skin
We couldn’t know what we would come to be
The cradle, and the casket, and the beds we call our home
Make us lost before we’re found
We watched the shadows spin around our bodies
Before the cadences of unity disappeared
The photos echoing through the dark room
Share an old story with a slow-dying flame
And when the embers burn down
And the ancient tales make you drowsy with love
The faces fade from failing heat
And the cold night closes in
Ashes to ashes Dust to dust
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