|Respite|

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When screams gets so high that throats can't keep up,

When hearts do a mic drop against splintering rib cages,

When brains get cloudy and truths gets drugged,

When blood splashes freezing, and veins wrap around,

When creases on palms cause creases on faces,

When winds skim over bodies

like passing expressions of platony,

When guts pull away from ruts

and onto spotless bedsheets,

When blood pools in wrists and aches to be acknowledged,

When God seeks respite and duty becomes drudgery,

When days reek of spite and mutely relish mockeries,

When life seems ephemeral and yet, malignantly unhalting,

When the scarlet of hands makes love to the deep blue of thumbs-

That is when,

You have no way

To rid the blissful pain;

But pick a pen

And try to brave

The torrents in your brain;

And that is when

It fades to grey

And salt wets your remains;

And that is when

You pick a pen

And spill, and spill again.

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