In Abundance of Rivalry

In Abundance of Rivalry
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Andrew Defrederico - 2023 Nov 16 23:54


Winter is here
Believe it
As it crisps your tongue
And embers float into your mind

Darkness as it was overcame
The abundance of rivalry
We had as kids
The fallen shaft broken

Gone tomorrow
Was here today
And the sun rose
But nowhere was to be found

The silent glare of a burden
Fluttering behind those pale eyes
White with golden glisps
Frozen for years as you stare

Into a wander under lights
They shone in your face
Blank expressions and fallace noises
Crept from above your bed

Was in those nights we dreamed
We dreamed a naked running
With a devilish fiend
Upon the chest

Milking us dry to satisfaction
Not of our own
But winter grew cold
So we must go now

To a lake where we drown
Lining up in our town
Police on the borders
Without frowns, stern looks gaze upon

What we encounter in life
The deemed acceptance to wants
Needs around the town without sound
And patched cracks resemble

What our mother's milk birthed
Silver on a cracker
The milk and bread without butter
Make selves as the sore thumb

We will remember
As we fall deeper and plunder
At sights befold the rivalry
We now show from memory