Departure is how you say goodbye
Leaving me now in black silence
The entrails of a poisonous phrase
Meant to deceive me
And surrender my heart
Lie in so many millions of pieces
As echoes of you fade
With every heartache you leave.
The face of a thousand unseen lies
You spelled with my indignity
Frames the horror you made
A fairy tale picture in ruins
The summer lover you feigned
Burns the chaff of emptiness off
I have rediscovered life
After ashes of your yellow soul.
Copyright © 2022 Charles Edward York
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