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The Roses are Dead

Posted on February 23, 2023March 8, 2023 By Kat
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Kat Beeton

I don’t want romance and roses
dead things, cut down to wither
presented in a mausoleum of emotion
words placed neatly with no centre
suspended but never present

I don’t need a life that burns just for me
or eyes that fix on my shadow and never leave
I want a mind that returns to the spaces I inhabit
that would walk in the shape I leave behind
just to feel where my steps had been

I want to be uncaged and dancing free
I want someone to rage with me
against the dying of the light
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