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Kings and Queens

A bit of stream of consciousness and surreal poetry

By Silver DauxPublished about a year ago 1 min read
Kings and Queens
Photo by Boris Stefanik on Unsplash

It's grey, then not grey.

Hollowed out by fullness.

Blinding with darkness.

It's a series of contradictions

Wrapped into a black box,

A recording of how it went

From paradise to coffin.

And the coffin is somehow

Riddled with airholes

That leak morning light.

Dark and not dark.

Empty of life and full of it.

.

Hands rain on the surface,

Anger and relief and joy

All bundled into the same

Rhythm, the same beat,

The same wailing breath.

They decorate the wood

With dreams and fears,

Hushed desires unsaid

And fears well spoken.

It's entirely too easy to see

The pattern of here, not here,

Kings and Queens

Crying at the court jester.

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About the Creator

Silver Daux

Writer of the dark! Think of it like flipping rocks, the weird little stories underneath are my jam and jelly. Jam and butter? Just jam. Absolutely no use of AI in any of my works :)

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    Written by Silver Daux