March 29, 2024Poem

Eventually

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Eventually

There is forgetting

It is a high price to pay

The heart beats dry

Bloodless veins

Winnow like chaff

Arteries devoid of life

The gleam of fleshless bones

A relentless sun

A desert moon

A barren sky

Starless and forlorn

Sand swept velvet

Endlessly swallowed

The crush of heavy breathing

Squeezing the life

Out of an empty chest

As the hollow taste

Of saltless fears

Dries in sightless

Prosecution

Of what is lost.