"Purgatory"
by Stardust and Gunsmoke
It’s a bleeding screaming tortured cry
That still to this day looks for you
Crumbs of intimacy
Shreds of your smile
Faint whispers of your laugh
Fading shadows of your body in lingerie, just for me
The bleeding and screaming and tortured cries don’t do much these days
But I wallow in them the same
With the same pitied hope that withers in the dreams of you.
Stardust and Gunsmoke are pseudonyms for a state trooper and teacher in New England with prior military experience. Follow Stardust and Gunsmoke here.
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