​funeral pyre

tell the lie of your

love for me

while i still cannot see

the tragedy

to unfold.

told me she was gone

if not forgotten

but something rotten

this way wafts

from your bed

shared shamelessly.

i will claw at my skin

in an effort to erase

the sin of holding

you in my heart.

as you prepare to depart

i settle and fall apart

though there is beauty

in the ashes

of a burned out hearth.

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