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Take me over

It’s far too late

Everyday I pray

Hands sifting sand

Too large a burden to bear when you’re responsible

for my thoughts

Praise be to all the words that land empty at my feet

Praise be to the dying fire of a town laid to waste

Praise be to paradise

You fall empty at my feet

The sunrise cycles with the gaslight that fails to guide

Fails to guide the lost party home

If ever anything was, we can now be certain that it wasn’t

I will give with nothing

you take everything you need

Prayers lead where accusations failed

No matter how bright the gaslight burns

Tides shift as the wanderer treads past your unbreaking gaze

Eyes dilated

Blood flow stains the sand that you failed to retain

Praise be to my trying

Praise be to misguided paths leading onward

Praise be to the commitment behind thinly veiled promises

The glare in your eyes halts all progress

You pray to be satisfied

But you are empty