my wishes are simple,
desires few,
gazing upon a leaf,
nourished by dew.
my wishes are simple,
dreams hardly grand,
hearing birdsong in the desert,
together, hand in hand.
my wishes are simple,
my heart calm,
resting with you ‘neath the palm,
years rattling bones,
wrinkling skin,
greying our hair,
ever so thin.
my wishes are simple,
walking in the rain,
leaning on each other,
through life’s joy, pain … … …
wordlessness …
shards of everyday life
slice through
cleaving
flesh
splintering
bone
battering the ramparts
chiselling away
incessantly
endlessly
shaving off pieces
bit by bit
tearing muscle
frying synapses
charring hope
with
only the
inevitability of endlessness
the tide of desolation
washing in
soaking dreams in diesel
fueling storms that rage within
deep
inside yourself
where there is only you
where all the pain
all the loss
feels
at least
true
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