by Daryn Davies

Created on: January 30, 2010   Last Updated: January 31, 2010

ETERNAL LOSS

The dust deepens on the pitted mantlepiece
As the minutes and hours escape me
Praying for such an eternal release
I feel all adrift on this turbulent sea.

The irony is pitifully pathetic my friend
As the warmth from the fire is all aglow
Coal that kills is a world I transcend
Memories fanned by an ageing bellow.


The layers of dust are an eternal tribute
To a life vanquished without remorse
Of pain which no one can compute
Here I sit silently with no recourse.

The state will provide me with heat
I guess it is the least they can do
For making my life so incomplete
As I am now far too old to argue.

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