The Diffusion of a Past [Collab with Star]

With the waning light of the moon
stripping flesh from my bones,
puddling into blackened grief –

I wonder, do you carry any blame
as the flashpoint to all of this?

You betrayed your bestowed promise,
your words drive over me
like the sun ceasing dawn’s solace.

Do you feed your guilt with what’s
left of me? Is there any sweetness
left that you can still savour?

You take the night sky, soaking
it in silence, gently pressing the
sepia out of it and leave it to
air dry on a clothesline –

Have you lost your tolerance
for the nostalgia of
what once was?

Did you bury me beneath the
fireflies grave? Or did you capture
me in infrared light?

[...]

Are you still there?

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Collab with Star: https://www.poems-and-quotes.com/poets/507201