The thin line

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Hate is the barren pit...

Marked by the veneer of loathing,

Inspired by an eternal longing.

 

The hole where flames once lit,

Burnt fiercely ever giving,

Such is love, naively trusting.

 

Those who would in their holes sit,

Never cease... their venomous cursing,

In truth hopes blinds them,

Ember of pasts lives...

For that lost warmth forever searching.

 

Those who hate, go on loving,

Til their cold fires are devoured,

Just like the warm ones...

Surrender to exhaustion,

Some people never learn.

 

There in the pit,

Raise your salt crusted face  from the dirt you scrabble in,

So desperate, so pathetic...

Pierce the silence of your despair!

 

A keening howl rushes out of your throat.

Ripping through to soar through the night sky,

You cough out the last of your lifeblood,

You've no soul but you'll never bleed again.

 

Never loving, never hating,

But always...

Always feeding,

Wraiths like us....

 

Now bite down and drink deep,

You know...

Just like we did to you

 

 

 

 

Author's Notes/Comments: 

Im having difficulty writing or progressing in any of my skills really. I dissapoint myself.  The company that I keep doesnt help either. Not that I have much of  a choice in that regard. This poem is an attempt to extricate the cold (due to my current predicament) that has taken root in my heart through the cathartic practice of writing. I'm sure everyone here can sympathise. Criticism is welcome.

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