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Still, a flower blooms

Posted Aug 4, 2026 · 34 lines · 1 critiques

Fluorescent veins sear my skin,
Puppet flames dance a step away,
A pathway higher, split like serpents' tongue,
Hell blooms in both trails of my gaze,
Bathed in ash, pearls of bone adorn my spine,
Still, a flower blooms,
Burning suns bear down on my shoulders,
Atlas never warned me how heavy hope becomes,
Laced with venom,
My dreams come undone,
Fire feasts upon my skin,
Sinking fangs in helpless flesh,
Numbness overwhelms any pain,
There's no repentance for burns to the bone,

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Salvation faded from my empty eyes long ago,
The god of the underworld wouldn't reap what I sow,
Flames burn away who I thought I could be,
An echo of the future screams in agony,
I chose this hell---what choice did I have,
Dancing to a foreign tune,
Strings severed before I was ready to let go,

Soaked in ash, a white flower is all that remains,
An offering to my funeral pyre,
My eyes bleed charcoal feeding the embers,
Lungs shudder against a breath of smoke,
Ash falls through cracks in my fingers,
The phantom of a flower lingers,
People I love fall through my mind,
Bodies drop,
Memories hit the floor,
I let out a cry but I choke on air,
Tears well up but evaporate in flame,
Everyone I love,
Found their own fire.

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