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For The Lives He Stole
12:47
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August began its slow descent
Into the arms of winter
Elongated shadows swept across rocks
As they danced in starlight
White hands yearned to stifle
The chimes of children's cheer
That hung in the air
Like linen soaked in blood
Their pink palms blistered
Forced to grasp ragged ropes
Wrestling with lurching sails
Of anchored virgin vessels
But urgent hands clawed the hulls
And snatched them from the shore
Sand lacerated unmarred skin
That bled beneath waves
Laughter faltered in their mouths
And was torn from their throats
Until clouded milk-white eyes
Extinguished new-born stars
Upon each day that followed from August to July
Lines of crooked mourners bent double across the bay
Lifeless flowers bled through silver foam
Abandoned by listless hands bereft of faith
Their bones grew old and wretched
Black teeth crumbled into dust
Grey rags fluttered in silence
The last lament of forgotten love
He does not bleed
For the lives he stole
No one grieves
For the lives he stole
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Disgraced
09:35
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Awake at dusk
Suspended over barbed teeth
Tasteless tongues tear at the bay
Carving a grin
I try to scream
But my lungs cave in
Quivering lips
Form silent pleas
I am disgraced
You aren't erased
Struck a line
Scrawled their name
It's not the same
It's not the same
Awake at dawn
Interlaced limbs
The smell of smoke
And summer's air
Our lungs share the first breath and sigh
"Our love will never die"
Sleep unties these knots in my stomach
And returns the smoke and that summer
Our lungs share the first breath and sigh
"Our love will never die"
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Fall
07:56
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Sky fires flare
Abated by descending snow
Waves draw back in silence
Trees, they tie their tongues
Leaves breathe soundless songs
Blood hums broken tempos
Fleeting fears are starved of life
Marbled feet leave earth for air
Mirth is spun from threads of grief
When white ghosts drift from frail bones
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Cairiss Southampton, UK
Cairiss are a 6 piece post-metal/black metal band from Southampton, UK.
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