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Which Verse Did You Skip?

By daliheldthehandofg0d

Topics: Poetry Source: AllPoetry Original source

surprised to hear it from meso shocked and jolted to seestraight in my eyes and straightfrom my heart that beats for youand scares you away to retreatwho is this you run to, and what is itHe says?  His forehead drips bloodto pages turning and burning andfraying at edges long since torn awayby gusts of your own vanity.Which verse did you skip?Which words did you pass?If and when I fall will you care?will you look from the pagesturning and burning and freyingat corners lost to forgetfulness?your silence shreds my veinsand freezes my lament alone-and as His, my blood will dripto rivers you’ll never hear cryingWhich verse did you skip? Written January 21st, 2001 © on Nov 02 2001 07:55 AM PST   10 • 0 • 13

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"surprised to hear it from meso shocked and jolted to seestraight in my eyes and straightfrom my heart that beats for youand scares you away to retreatwho is this you run to, and what is itHe says?  His forehead drips bloodto pages turning and burning andfraying at edges long since torn awayby gusts of your own vanity.Which verse did you skip?Which words did you pass?If and when I fall will you care?will you look from the pagesturning and burning and freyingat corners lost to forgetfulness?your silence shreds my veinsand freezes my lament alone-and as His, my blood will dripto rivers you’ll never hear cryingWhich verse did you skip?..."

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