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Tuesday, May 27, 2008

10am

Revision 1
Life's bitter-sweet poison creeps
along her jaded veins, crystal eyelids
flutter as the sun's fingers blindly search
in the cracks of her graying walls, plastered
with secrets and curses.
Inside and out the pain leads
to a satisfactory gain; if only.

A voice croons from a static
infested radio promising a never ending
love only for her; if only.
Shaking hands stretch across
the great divide between creaking bed
and chipped side table to jab an off button.

Her mind wanders, like a lost child,
seeking the comforts of love; if only.
It's 10am now, the time glares into her streaked
mirror, an evil reflection tiptoes across
the stained floorboards to whisper a name
in her calloused ears.
Sarah, the name of the Hebrew princess
found in her feverish dreams, a delicate soul
fleeing with the dawn.

Original
The bittersweet poison of life runs through
her jaded veins, crystal eyelids flutter
as a suns stealthy fingers reach
between the cracks in her walls,
inside and out the pain leads
to a satisfactory gain.

A strangers voice sings from
a static infested alarm clock,
of an undieing love only for her; if only.
Shaking hands stretch across
the great divide between creaking bed
and chipped side table to jab an off button.

Her mind wanders like a lost child
seeking the comfort of love; if only.
It's 10am now, the time glares into her mirror,
an evil reflection creeps along the space between,
whispering a name barely heard above
the inner city morning rush, it's her name;
the delicate hebrew priness of her dreams, Sarah.

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