empty clarity

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I stare now at a door slam closed,

my body barely composed

staring at the result of my stupidity


my breath suspended and trapped,

understanding now replaced the intelligence I lacked

my eyes no longer clouded by illusions but facts


I will no longer bite my tongue or choke on suppression.


Nothing ever ends poetically,

I just turn the anger and pain into poetry

scouring a silver lining within this cold clarity

instead of what I hoped may be.


I was different then

but I promise to myself now 

this will never happen again,


blood spooling onto the ground around me

the result of

holding onto the shreds of somebody

who no longer exists

someone I no longer know or recognise.


a room now filled with emptiness 

now an abyss,

their presence replaced by greys mists

which will fade with time





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