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I wish never to be parted from you,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

for even when the gods call<\/p>\n\n\n\n

for the dimming of your light,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

alongside you shall I be embraced<\/p>\n\n\n\n

by the same earth that welcomes us back<\/p>\n\n\n\n

after having let us walk its surface.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Your light is recoiling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Darkness stands in your wake,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

and unchallenged, it reigns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The gods have summoned you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

‘A path to trail alone’, I care not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shall we go?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I suppose I ought to mourn the loss of my own life,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

grieve, for I am never again to see the sun yield to the stars,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

rage, for I am never to feel the sand caving under my feet,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

weep, for songs will not follow me underground,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

go mad for the loss of the breeze that my skin greedily drinks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I suppose. I suppose. I suppose. And yet.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Your eyes were ripped from you,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I shall carve mine out to match your unseeing ones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I will wrap myself around you, become the skin that was taken from you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Your ears were never to hear the world again, neither will mine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Never will I breathe the air that does not travel to your lungs,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

for your throat was deprived from ever taking another breath.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Do the gods not understand?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I will never be severed from you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Darkness has come to claim you,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I will claw my way through<\/p>\n\n\n\n

the dirt of this earth to join you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For even in death, I shall follow you.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A dark caged kingdom,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

yours to rule, mine to obey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let me feed off the lingering air<\/p>\n\n\n\n

that clings to your mauled lungs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let me lay next to you in this buried bed,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

wherein life never truly abandons you.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I want spring to come,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

softly coax flowers to bloom from your body,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

lure your thirst for me to drip from your cold, lilac lips.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Death shall not do us apart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We will remain eternal, untouched by ephemeral life.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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May winter arrive furious by your perseverance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

May the gods roar at your defiance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It matters not. It matters not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You dread oblivion. You need not fret.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For history will forever bow down to its knees<\/p>\n\n\n\n

to confess just how endless and unforgettable you are.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I wish never to be parted from you, for even when the gods call for the dimming of your light, alongside you shall I be embraced by the same earth that welcomes us back after having let us walk its surface. Your light is recoiling. Darkness stands in your wake, and unchallenged, it reigns. The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":137,"featured_media":4834,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5,835],"tags":[843],"class_list":{"0":"post-4879","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-poesia","8":"category-zona-creativa","9":"tag-deustopoesia23","10":"entry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t