AUGUST
MISTY AND MORTIFIED
AS I GET HARDER TO FEEL
LOSING THE LOST ARK
OF CLOUDED VISION
I CAN BARELY TOUCH REALITY
WE TURN AWAY FROM IT
AND FIND IT AGAIN
SOMETHING YOU CAN’T ESCAPE
NO MATTER HOW HARD YOU TRY
THE SUNS GOING TO SET
YOU’RE GOING TO LOSE YOUR PLACE
AND EVENTUALLY IT’LL BE IMPOSSIBLE
MAYBE THE FOG IS THE ONLY THING
ENABLING ME
OR MAYBE IT’S JUST THE HEADLIGHTS
WANDERING, CURIOUSLY
FOR WHAT’LL BE OF MY LOVE
AFTER THE LIGHT DISSIPATES
AND THE FEELINGS DENIGRATE
AS THEY ROLL BACK
FROM THE FURY OF A LOST SOUL
IT WONT HELP
THE ENDLESSNESS OF BEING LOST FOREVER
THE HOPELESSNESS OF EVER BEING THERE AGAIN
CATCHING EACH MOMENT
SO YOU WONT MISS LIFE
THE PATCHES OF GREEN
IN THE BURNT FIELD
THE ROOTS IN THE DEAD GROVE
THE LEAF ON THE DORMET TREE
A MISILANIOUS, STATISTICAL HOPE
OF A LIFE LOST LONG AGO
A TIMELESS PASSION
FOR RAGE AND HEART BREAK
TO BEAT YOURSELF
UNTIL THERE’S A HIGH
OR AN INTENSE IMMUNITY TO LIFE
IF THE LIGHT SHINES ON HER FOR A SECOND
SHE’LL NOT USE IT WISELY
THE ELEVATION IS HIGH
IT’S UNCHARTED TERRITORY
THAT FEW HAVE CHALLENGED
THE FIRES AND BITS FROM HELL
THAT SPEW FROM IT’S LOWEST POINTS
AND BEFORE MY DEAD EYES
CAST UPON ME
A BLIND LIFE,
A LOST HEART,
AND TAINTED SOUL
I’LL SAY
REALITY IS JUST AS VACANT
AS IT’S REPLACE
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