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By J W Griebel
Swept from my arms,
I shall remember this day
As it were engraved
Upon my still beating heart.
Her eyes stared,
And the stars revealed there,
Shone for ages, unaware.
I grasped out
But she slipped from my grip.
Graced my finger tip by tip,
Knotting my tongue fit to rip.
Below the seas churn,
And in her eyes I learned
All that I yearned,
As it fell away.
I discovered life, beauty;
All of the things inside of me,
Churning as though wakened from slumber.
Burning as I learned to love her.
As she fell away.
Perfect opal eyes
Struck wide with surprise,
No tears to find.
Only certainty.
Snow white skin
Caught beneath sun’s glint,
Blinding in its brilliance,
Mocking in its reveal.
For I would never again feel
My love’s warmth.
Torn from my heart,
Soul wither, rot,
I want you not;
For she is gone.
And she fell away.
White bleeds into red,
The dress before we wed;
Why couldn’t it be me instead?
For now the church bells mock me,
Their scream unlock me,
Accusations all but shock me.
We were perfect together.
So why did fate step in between?
Why did I have to be me?
Why could I not betray my fiend?
Cruel hands, I curse thee.
She fell away.
I swear it to this day.
