Old scarring,
Open now I am bearing,
Old scaring.
I’m staring,
Watching as it’s revealing,
Soul pealing.

Rest as dead,
Relief to my spinning head,
In a bed,
Full of dread,
Unable to remember said;
Or how bled.

Can time be for our healing,
Or just departing instead.



Gloom
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