In this transparent world

Birds take flight into the amber sky

People try to follow their lead and their head

Their wings of wax and feathers disintegrate

They plummet to their early deaths

In this transparent world

Men light themselves on fire before the women

Reduced ash, skull bashed, broken, cracked

Summer ruins pile high in rivers of blood

They all wish to get wed upon midnight’s soil

In this transparent world

You would think she would realize what she had

Instead, she made him shrivel up and turn to yesterday’s leftovers

It was his heart, now served on a platter of gold and silver

Roses strewn about the path walked by his father before him

In this transparent world

Wild animals run among lost kingdoms

Kisses await and vows taken to the grave

She was all you wanted for a decade’s time

Until discovery led you to another woman’s heart

In this transparent world

Now she has your heart, and you’ve forgotten all else

Including her.

© 2007 David Greg Harth

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