Silence

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I die every time you recede inside yourself,
withdrawing from the world,
burning bridges and ships,
marching on until you get lost
inside your soul’s labyrinth.

I reach for your fleeting shadow
beyond the blazing wood,
over the drowning wreckage,
through the twisted maze.  
But your soul only answers in silence.
And I keep dying,
each day a little more. 

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