It could have been different
I remember snow falling
and a fleet of foxes
leaving soft trail in the new drifts
hot chocolate flavored whiskey
herb and venison stew simmering slow
Desperate Journalist playing in the den
parliaments and democracies worrying
about volcanoes and nuclear storms
a twinkle in the eye
bite down on the Bitcoin billionaire
I caressed the words you were forming
sanctity in the silence before
knickers and freshly laundered sheets
on the morning a crispness, cruel
a cramp in the muscles, except
in your mind
fever came quickly with the fallout days
underscored by semantics of reason
bright were the goodbyes in a Viking pyre sort-of-way
conspiracies and treason
flags of our palace tattered
dreaming a distant tomorrow
I felt I was falling backward
I of the small sorrows
you were crying but I couldn’t stop it
I was trying but you couldn’t stop it
we are dying and nothing can stop it
there’s no one to tell us where to go
there’s no one to tell us what to do
there’s no one to tell us who to be
there is no one…
not you
and not me
things could have been different,
I think.
image courtesy of Laura Makabresku
Beautifully understated!
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Thanks!
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My pleasure!
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Reblogged this on Brave and Reckless and commented:
Olde Punk giving me chills
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🙏❤
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The language in this is killer!
“I caressed the words you were forming
sanctity in the silence before
knickers and freshly laundered sheets”
“bright were the goodbyes in a Viking pyre sort-of-way
conspiracies and treason
flags of our palace tattered
dreaming a distant tomorrow
I felt I was falling backward
I of the small sorrows”
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Thank you very much Christine 🙏❤
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deeply moving writing my friend
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Lovely.
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thank you
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Likewise.
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Oh my gosh, every line a story.
This is an epic soundtrack for itself. 💚
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thanks Vanessa 🙂
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🙂
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💚💚
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Holy moly!
This is fabulous Oldepunk.
Requires multiple reads……
and I feel it in my skin
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Thank you AP, I really appreciate it 🙏❤
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You are very welcome😉
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Wonderfully descriptive verse. Under the skin of your words, stories are alive and throbbing.
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Thank you so much Iulia🙏❤
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My pleasure and honor 💜
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Damn OP! This hit like a sledgehammer. Awesome!!
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Thank you Eric 🙏🍻
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Very nice work. Love this.
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Thanks so much Joseph 🙏🍻
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