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You Left Me A Shallow Grave

You shattered my heart

into a million staccato beats

that trip-trapped

in my sunken chest.

 

And all I wanted to do

was sleep a hundred years,

but sleep

never comes to the weary.

Such an unfortunate fact.

 

And the earth clings

to the chipped tips

of my bitten nails

as I dig myself a shallow grave

in a churchyard's dirt.

 

Cemetery soil, soft on my tongue.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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I miss you Lynne. I love you.

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  • EverxEnding silver member
    March 14, 2009

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    This is sort of creepy...i love it!!!
    The last single line sends it home.

    gorgeous write!

  • piggyback
    February 24, 2009

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    Beautiful imagery. Love the the last line places the whole churchyard and grave on your tongue. It makes it that much more intimately personal and that much more painful. Makes me think of a missed kiss...