#exhausted #vss365 #owl_nightsky

Exhausted Spirit

I feel exhausted each day,
though I do nothing
but sit in a chair,
watching time seep away
like poison through my veins.
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#bearable #vss365 #owl_nightsky

All suffering is bearable
if only a brightness appeared ahead—
a flicker, a lantern,
a star to guide my weary steps.
But in Doom City
the sky is blackened,
and I have endured too long.
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#wrapper #vss365 #owl_nightsky

A beautiful wrapper—
glittering, bright,
the painted mask of false delight.
It covers the rot,
the broken bones beneath,
the graves that stretch
through every street.
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