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It was a white hot night

When she caught his eye

She was sure he was the one

Loneliness was out of sight

He was a sadist of sorts

She was a masochist

None proved more fatal, more combustible than this

(Impending madness)

They were unshakable

Unmistakable

But their love would groan from rust

And the casualty of trust

Echoes of abandon ringing louder than her words

fall back into

The minds abyss

The winding roads that led to this

What you so desperately want

Can become a mirage

That which is feared makes a weapon of sabotage

A battle of the minds

Words serve as tourniquets

But love will bleed you dry

Clinging to the ashes of another life,

Dead to you

Theyre drowning inside

Beneath the changing of the tide

Clinging steadfast to a threadbare hope

They wont let

Go

A spiral fracture grows between them

Betrayal is the thorn

that festers in their minds

The blurring lines

The bloodshot eyes

The silence is a minefield

In between them

Beyond all rhyme or reason

They cut the anchor to the bone

And drift into the

undertow

Haunting their minds

Visions unwind of a twisted fate

In times of darkness

We are all alone

Even the shadow

Is without a home