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: Outside Surrender (The North Pacific Sea)
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on Wednesday, February 13 @ 02:39:54 UTC
barbiedollreject writes:: "
D e s e r t e d i n t h e d e a d o f n i g h t ,
H e w a s r e a c h i n g o u t t o m e .
I w a s s t a n d i n g b e s i d e m y s e l f .
S t i l l f r o m t h e o t h e r s i d e ,
H e’ s p r o t e c t e d m e . I h a v e n ' t
S e e n h i m i n t w e n t y y e a r s b u t
T h e i n v i s i b l e i m a g e o f t h e p a s t
I n p i c t u r e s i t r e a c h e s o u t t o m e.
M y e y e s w e r e l i s t e n i n g b u t
m y e a r s c o u l d n ' t s e e t h a t
I w a s s t a n d i n g i n s i d e m y s e l f
S e e i n g w h a t I w a s b l i n d t o s e e .
I n t h e s a n d , m a k e a c r e s c e n t m o o n .
T h e y s e e w h a t t h e y s e e w h e n t h e y
S t a n d b e f o r e d u s k . I n t w i l i g h t , t h e
M o o n s h i f t s , i n t w i l i g h t , i n t h e d a r k
L i g h t , i n t h e d a r k l i g h t .
H e r e w a s a g o o d m a n l o o k i n g f o r a
B a d f i g h t i n t h e d e s e r t v i l l a g e s .
W e l l - k n o w n s e c r e t s o f t h e r e f u g e e s
I n f l i g h t h a u n t e d t h e k n o w n a t d a y l i g h t .
H e c o u l d n ' t w a l k a w a y . H e c o u l d n ' t
R u n a w a y . H e o n l y f o l l o w e d t h e s t a r s
A t n i g h t a n d t h e s h a d o w s o f t h e m o o n
A t d a y b r e a k . I w a s s t a n d i n g w i t h m y s e l f ,
B l i n d t o w h a t I c o u l d h a v e s e e n
I w a s l o o k i n g f o r m y s e l f . N i g h t t i m e
W a s w h a t I d i d s e e .
S u r r e n d e r a s t h e y a r e s u r e t o f o l l o w .
A s h a r p b l a d e t o b l u d g e o n t h e t h r o a t
W i t h ; a h a r s h c u r s e t o s w a l l o w , s o
H e g o e s o n .
T h e d i s t a n t h e i g h t s c a l l h i m t o r u n
R a c e o f s h a d o w s b e n e a t h m o o n l i g h t b e g u n
C r y p t i c l i n e s o n m o o n ' s s u r f a c e h i g h l i g h t
T h e d u s t i n r a y s t h a t s c a t t e r a b o v e .
H a r s h w o r d s h a u n t c i t y s t r e e t s
E a s t o f t h o s e f a b l e d b r i d g e s .
T h e w i l d m e n w a n d e r i n t o t h e
C h a o t i c w i l d e r n e s s o f u r b a n f a i l u r e .
A m s t e r d a m o n a s h o e s t r i n g w o u l d s u f f i c e h i m .
B e w a r e i n t h e f o r e s t o f e m b e r s s e t a b l a z e b y
D u r e s s . " N o e m o t i o n t h a t I c a n s e e o n t h e i r f a c e s , "
H e a n n o u n c e s a s h e g a z e s u p o n t h e m l i k e s t a r s .
" C o l d a n d h u n g r y f o r b l o o d , p e r h a p s . "
D o e s n ' t t h e s t o r m d r o w n t h e f i r e ?
T h e c o o l e d h e a t s l a p s r a i n f a l l a g a i n s t o u r f a c e s .
D i s a p p e a r e d p e o p l e r e t u r n t o t h e t r a c e s o f l i f e
T h e y l e f t b e h i n d . T h e y d e m a n d o f t h e l i v i n g
A n e m b l e m o f f o r g i v e n e s s .
H e b u s t s f o r e i g n e r s i n h i s h e a d f o r f u n .
S t o p p i n g b e f o r e s t a r t i n g , h e l e t s o u t a
S n o r e . H e d o e s n ' t n o t i c e o u r p a r t i n g
A s I l e a v e f o r t h e g r o c e r y
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