Possess these words that lay in wait
For the blessed caress of your presence
Satisfy their silent yearning with a smile.
Draw the blood from beneath the ink
Hold your breath, grit your teeth
The comforts of the silence seek.
As moment melts to memory
With persistent patience this poem
Has hunted your attention.
Trembled in proximity
Tightened in expectation
Resigned in isolation
Determined on declaration.
As memory confuses prophecy
Acknowledge the immensity of your
Acquaintance with this poem
Which you whispered in the womb
Which is scratched across your tomb
Buried deeper than honesty
Burned clearer than reality.
As prophecy attains certainty
Long after the last line has lingered
The final syllable dissolved and the page tattered
These words will remain with you.
An itch beyond the reach of fingertips
The substance wrestled from dreams to conciousness
Sleep tight.
As certainty reaches the moment.
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