amid starlight she reposes

my life's in her lizard face

that library of dusty looks

records my fall from grace

she took the best from me

sucking me dry every day

each wrinkle taunting me

dry pointers to my decay

I pray she does not wake

no pity runs in my veins

but violation at the sight

of what sleep she feigns

she's a monument to loss

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gets up in the night to cry

my sleep is being disturbed

wont tell me why but these

disruptions must be curbed

I find her downstairs in tears

hugging herself as if in pain

last night it took three hours

I dont want to see it again

in her eyes a degree of guilt

something preys on her mind

deep-rooted fits of remorse

as if for someone she pined

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When you told me we were done

That you were thinking of leaving

I tried my best to mend my ways

For dread you'd leave me grieving

I've lately grown used to keeping

The hours that blackbirds keep

Awake by your side till dawn breaks

A condemned man waiting for sleep

On tenterhooks I just get by

Waiting for your decision

Blackbirds sing their songs

With exqu...

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