Words

Words said on moonlit nights

just before we separated

just words

forgotten amid the flowers

of ancient gardens

words that appear in distracted hours

on the crystal surface of memory

as if they were said moments ago

verbiage

and the nails on the wall

change colour each time

you repaint over them

but should you

grind them back to steel

shade of blue-like pain

when you drive them through

the palms of the martyr

red fleshy when

do you quench your thirst in blood?

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