all that's left behind

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when all that's left behind
are stars directionless
but sparkle still;

and drafted texts,
as words fail and thoughts rail
thrashing drums inside
her mind

when efforts disappoint,
words never uttered,
the monitor never lit
and i love yous hang
in empty space

when names evanesce
and smiles wither,
unspoken words and broken oaths
dispatched along time's map

when reconciliation stings
more than the interspace kept
and all that's left on the monitor
are straight lines,
with no ecg waves

when silence mends
the wrecked cosmos
deep within cracked rib-cages
and ruptured organs

tears will no longer
ambush her
when breathlessness attacks

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