Mixed by Nature
I am caught between
The play of light
From scene to scene
Alternating
Absence
Excess
But I digress
to
Moral outrage and despair
uplifting thoughts
I keep them there
In my soul
I've room to spare
like a haunted house
with
"Beware"
Posted before the creaking stair
of the front porch of rotted wood
where you know a kingdom stood
and sat upon the rocking chair
Once in white paint
growing faint
skin cracked in the sun
like a human one
scabbing over as if chafed
because
riding its neck is
a noose
a saint
though the carrier ain't
And never will be
But the idea is free
in our collective burden
That we can exist
homogenous
of heart
like angels
and devils
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