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Lifeless

Sitting in a box 

Surrounded by bouquets

Silenced by time

Nailed down 

Motionless

 

Slipping lower,

It’s too late

For someone to enliven these bones

Engage the masses

It’s time to say ‘goodbye'

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◄ The Raging Heart

Undying Flame ►

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Don Matthews

Fri 29th May 2020 00:37

That'll be me one day....

?

At least he can laugh about it....

Seriously, I like the short-filled lines and just two verses

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