“FIGUREHEAD”

Here I am
a figurehead of your suffering
the face that
each wince bears
how dare you
take this beauty away
I know the hopes
that you keep in your dreams
as you sleep
as time fades
what breathed becomes
a memory
a funeral
you will always live
even if we live in memories
because nothing lasts forever
not even nothing

04-12-00

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