Dark Playground

It’s not in my nature To allow sadness to take me To make room for loneliness To give space to anguish And yet there are slower days Or…

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It’s not in my nature
To allow sadness to take me
To make room for loneliness
To give space to anguish
And yet there are slower days
Or silent stretching nights
When every corner
Of my shadow self
Comes out to play
And my mind
On wine and silence
Is a dark playground
With creaking swings
Swaying rhythmically 
On a still day
And silver…