Wednesday 19 February 2014

Day 386 - The Birds Betray Us and Fly South

The birds betray us and fly south,
On wind blown evenings
With winter descending
While the wider population dreams of suicide.

When did you become so cowardly
You can't leave your own bed?
Coiling amongst the shadows
Like a spider in the woodpile,
While tragedy sits down the road
In a shadow play of burning wreckage.

In some last gasp
You will be forced to confront
That moment you were asked
To betray everything you ever believed in;
How you committed without a quiver
With an ease you’ll never reconcile.

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