The last of the ranks
5 November 2016
Throbbing vein
At every temple
Roots remain
Unseen patch
From the unwarranted match
Hues of red and blue
Give me clue
Of your fading beat
Instill heat
Slash defeat
Off my dictionary’s sheet
Pages for the white
Compose light
With mystical sounds
The heart’s bright
Sunken grounds
Arena for the giving
Life in forgiving
My soul sling
Cast around your frame
Uplifting
Unweaving
Webs of the dark bereaving
Minefields of the scars
We erect
Future imperfect
Tense regret
Of days wound
Into black knot of neglect
Dark feast for the flies
Sundown eyes
The berating skies
Taunting tinge
Feet unhinge
Slipping onto wooden planks
The last of the ranks
Reading of the poem:
Collide – Rachel Yamagata
The Reason Why – Rachel Yamagata
Horizon – Rachel Yamagata
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