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Pull Yourself Up

In victory and defeat

By K.B. Silver Published 7 months ago 1 min read
Pull Yourself Up
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My boot

Straps snapped

From too

Much force

Applied for

Too lengthy of

Days

Wrapping, entrapping

My throat

Throttling my life

Time harvests the Elysian Fields

Finally, I'll recline my

Head in rest

Weary but

Not a dollar late

K.B. Silver

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K.B. Silver

K.B. Silver has poems published in magazine Wishbone Words, and lit journals: Sheepshead Review, New Note Poetry, Twisted Vine, Avant Appa[achia, Plants and Poetry, recordings in Stanza Cannon, and pieces in Wingless Dreamer anthologies.

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    Written by K.B. Silver