LET ME BE TENDER HERE

In the stillness between the horizons,
Of hurtful calm and painless war.
I screamed for the chosing of what hurts…
In reversal.

I searched for a dim in hell,
Where all my memories are eaten up,
Rather than a smile in heaven,
Where all my memories still hunt.

I crave for the agonizing sweat to push forth my memories,
For swamps to eat away.

And, maybe–
Just, maybe…
What I needed was the beauty,
And strand…
Of the heaven in hell.

Where I can be.
The squashed full tender of no worries.

Let me be the tender there.

Please…

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