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31 Dec 21, 4 tweets, 2 min read
#poetry

midnight music

the symphony of the lost community
you orchestrated
pounds in my veins
its syncopation my heartbeat

you and i were charter members
of that outcast tribe
we knew every inch of that terrain
it was mapped in our genes
you walked those mountains
fearless openhearted
i lagged behind
afraid of what i might discover

when you fell you did it quietly
with no surprise or apprehension
you predicted it and owned it
like the ancient soul you were
i was not there
to see you sail into blackness
and had i been
it would have made no difference
what is to be will always be
i could not rewrite the page
you came a brief bright comet
the instrument of my redemption

© 2015 RC deWinter
Published in Scarlet Leaf Review 2021
@ScarletLeafMag
December 2021

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31 Dec 21
Neanderthal (aka Man) Rules

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#poetry

Rabbit

In the pale spring sun I sit,
enervated, frail,
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You don't have an accent when you talk. #Truth!
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