twenty-second: leaden shell

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Like a frozen, leaden shell, I waited.

My body, crumpled as a fettered spirit, 

Lying still in the wreathing mists of time.

I could never breathe the air in, when it contained nothing of you.


The bridge between us collapsed as I walked towards you.

So I stand here now, lifeless, silent and wan.


I stare into the opening abyss before me.

I wait for the strangling, breathless love you promised,

Little did I know, that was all you ever gave.

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