your barren grave

your barren grave
I rant and rave
but never cry

your love unseen
numbing codeine
falsely serene
peace was so shy

fatherless son
no tales you spun
my love undone
that game you won
your heart was dry

empty lifetime
where nothing shines
and sadness chimes
was I your crime
filled with quicklime?
my heart has died

I implored fate
having tamed hate
love was stalemate
an old sad weight
with questions why

the willow weeps
I too am steeped
in bitter grief
I simply sigh

in loss I've grown
like marble stone
whisper goodbye



your barren grave
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