“WHEN I FALL” 28 July 91

A broken heart sleeps
lifeless eyes stare
a mother weeps
there’s blood everywhere
his teenage Babylon
of love and happiness

they used to talk to each other
they used to smile and be in love
but a little time alone
can grow so desperately long
he found himself a quiet beach
one summer morning
sat in his car,
wrote a letter and pulled a trigger
to the break of dawn

slowly into the drowning sea he wept
hart cut like silver
slowly into the dying sea he leapt
one thousand splinters
and then he was free

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