Cigarette Stub

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Just like a cigarette stub that's snubbed,

Till grey ashes remain hiding the glow,

No spark of a matchstick is large enough,

It's never enough to ignite the dead embers


Drowned in the river—a dead person,

Emulating life—who has ever lived through one?

Smiles, these strange contractions that mar the face,

Why don't you ever confess to your lies?


Sometimes there are tears,

As black as the heart,

As dead and lifeless,

Ritualistic, like clockwork, they leap out

from the soul that's fighting to float


The ocean is safe,

The ocean blurs the sky

The end of hope,

Isn't it the end of suffering?

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