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Desertification

Michael Marchese

By Michael Brandon MarchesePublished 5 years ago 1 min read

Think i bother with the silly

Piddling triflings of the self?

I’m just the you and I alone

Forgotten anyone

Whose else

I know tomorrow when I run

I’ll move as hard as I can go

And write you stronger

Than I’ve ever

Thought about the undertow

You know I’m thinking of you now

The conscious mind can not contain

And I was thinking of you

Down

Below the rotting in my brain

I was insane to think

Beyond you in the distance

I could sink

And not return to walk the shores

Of all the oceans that I drink

heartbreak

About the Creator

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