Ghost Towns

To never rest in

peace

 

To never 

sleep

 

Born to

die

 

Suffer in the soul 

 

And shed the tears

that evaporate 

 

As you journey through old

ghost towns

 

Desolate places where only weeds

will grow through the condemned

wooden stores

 

Rats venture into the shadows to escape the blazing 

sun 

 

The cemeteries are full of lost souls that 

weep in the freezing night

 

The moon is full

and the coyotes howl for nothing 

 

Dust is blown across the 

rocky roads 

 

Water does not flow

 

Thirst for life

 

But dead silence 

 

The mind plays tricks

 

Eventually the land claims

your body 

 

And the vultures swarm to take their pick

on your rotting corpse

 
 

 

 

 

 

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