Rising Smoke

Tears veil my eyes

From the slowly

Rising smoke.

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The street lights

Don’t clean me.

City lights just

Deceived me.

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My soul is crushed,

Believe me,

Been bereft since

Those mean streets.

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A serpent’s kiss

Saw me disdain trained and

Shame filled.

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Just look at

All of the

Blood spilled.

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Waking nightmares,

A new Hell,

A new place to drown

Almost the same as the prior.

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I swim a little lower,

But find myself going higher.