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Bones Without Flesh

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By Kelli Sheckler-AmsdenPublished 21 days ago 1 min read
Bones Without Flesh
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those midnight confessions

of friends, lovers and bogies

we are strangers in the darkness

romanticising dreams and memories

happy to settle for less

stitching panned gold into seams

innocence in distress

real life on our knees

broken bones without flesh

where what's seen can't be unseen

broken bones without flesh

without the soul to believe


tattered trees with no forest

slurring words nobody says

tangled branches in distress

unspoken words in my head

the tongue can make such a mess

I should just stay here, in bed

would anyone even notice

absence is like being dead

we're broken bones without flesh

where what's seen can't be undone

broken bones without flesh

doing our best to hang on

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Kelli Sheckler-Amsden

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    Written by Kelli Sheckler-Amsden