ashamement

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it is a crime

the way
confidence
masks pale face
of manipulation

all the while
falling for ease
the way
lightning
chains us
together

i call upon
calm bondage
through hail
through fog
to uplift
those left behind

the way
fury
begs companionship
on heels
of broken legs

it is a crime

to not seek
deep seeds
in ways
a mind
won't let itself
dry out alone

calling upon pathways
of solitary atonement
redirecting
the way
indifference
turns heads
like those sold
into slavery

the way
wings
grow old
into
cold avarice

it is a crime

the way
those
left festering
are told
to fend for themselves
to forget suffering
to live within filth
to tear apart soul

allowing further
mellow whisperings
of a core
growing still

helplessly
abandoned

forgotten