u/EntrepreneurEarly523

If only I had two lives, then I could waste one

Singe beneath this sun, until my hairs grow grey

Until I wrinkle and decay, and the wind carries me away

If only I knew your heart, then I could take aim

Hold your hand, watch them grow

Until it's time to let them go

But I only have one, one poem, one chance

No space for regrets, no time to waste

So forgive me if I do not mistake

And remain trapped in chains

I am afraid, you see

To love, to lose, to pay

Thus here I remain, for me do not wait

I only have one, and so I will stay

Madman's Fear

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Even in the blight your scent lingers,

Blooms from beyond a prison of bone,

Beckoning through a haze a heart knows well,

Blisters in skin, flares in midnight eyes.

Claws into charcoal, canines through cloth,

Your image refused, a mirage of ink,

Your mercy a curse, bite into flesh,

Dig through spines, feed the bliss.

Even in this garden here you are,

Walking beside my shadow in dissonant echo,

What I had forgotten belied in your contour,

What I had forsaken mirrored in your mask.

With melted wings I cannot reach,

With tattered garb I cannot hide,

With averted eyes I cannot see

My shadow grows, your scent lingers,

Hold my hand, walk with me,

Through a blossoming meadow,

Through a barren womb,

Beyond the augured stone,

Into a land I know not.

Blind my dreams, sing to me,

A lullaby as I fade to sleep.

Garden of Bliss

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Even in the blight your scent lingers,

Blooms from beyond a prison of bone,

Beckoning through a haze a heart knows well,

Blisters in skin, flares in midnight eyes.

Claws into charcoal, canines through cloth,

Your image refused, a mirage of ink,

Your mercy a curse, bite into flesh,

Dig through spines, feed the bliss.

Even in this garden here you are,

Walking beside my shadow in dissonant echo,

What I had forgotten belied in your contour,

What I had forsaken mirrored in your mask.

With melted wings I cannot reach,

With tattered garb I cannot hide,

With averted eyes I cannot see

My shadow grows, your scent lingers,

Hold my hand, walk with me,

Through a blossoming meadow,

Through a barren womb,

Beyond the augured stone,

Into a land I know not.

Blind my dreams, sing to me,

A lullaby as I fade to sleep.

Garden of Bliss