Unmarked grave of a suicide victim

19 Feb 2019

·menoh

Bird songs echo like voices of the damned Unrecorded names fade like deeds unseen, Run into flowering fields for their grace Inside the church of pain, you are unclean. Lament your woes, deaf on empty prayers Wild noise of whispers hanging in the air, Beauties can die and yet be forgotten No colours can redeem the void with care. There is no more time, nor will be an end Silent tears form an endless phantom sea, Reunion with bitterness buried deep Scars, signals of your yearning to be free. But in this realm of those who made that choice Your actions crying louder than your voice, There is no redemption in sacrifice As though painful life is not given twice.

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menoh

I am a button pusher. I stir up trouble. It is what I do. I live in the borders between light and dark. I can write about beautiful things, and joy and love, but I find I am more creative when i write about the dark. I love to hold a mirror up to the...

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