Puff

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puff of cold air into night

the only sound my shoe heels onthe ground.

light an ugly orange above me

like the sun obscene a misled color scheme

a classic half-past midnight city scene.

it leaves me wondering at best to see what we have made

and fashioned as rewards and set our lives up to be paid for--

is what i see now what i get emptied hopes and old regrets

and jealousies bulit up inside now big

as life itself though no one seems to really care underneath lies trapped despair

as every plan just dissipates from sight like puffs of cold air into night. night

 

unfolding all around me

like a fallen dream as its surrendering.

tell me how oh tell me how i'll breathe.

when i'm left wondering at best to

see what we have made and fashioned as

rewards and set our lives up to be paid for---

is what i see now what i get emptied hopes and old regrets

and jealousies bulit up inside now big

as life itself though no one seems to really care underneath lies trapped despair

as every plan just dissipates from sight like puffs of cold air into night. night