Shielding Innocence

All those who have travelled this path before
A secret written in invisible ink taken to the grave
Testimony to heart pure as snow, a blank slate
Most dangerous place, vulnerable to temptation
Those who are bitten once, on their guard
Silence seal their lips, guardian angels they are not

Beaten Up

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Feeling bruised and battered
Crushed by feelings of guilt
Why is it impossible to stay
Behind the wall that’s built.

the hurry and the harm

Dipping your fingers into her chest
like knives piercing the skin
of scalded milk,
a desperate drum
thump-cracks its way

This Darkness

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What’s this darkness I feel inside?

It tries its damnedest to overwhelm me

I feel my bruised resolve slipping

Like ketchup sliding out of a bottle

Reluctantly first, then easily gave way.