CRUMBLE

Terror rips through the defensive layers

I've grown since you left

The walls blockading my heart

Are fit to crumble;

The mortar chipped away with incessant attacks

The bricks precariously balanced one atop another

Ready to fall with the slightest breeze.



The wind stings my eyes,

Blows cold against my flesh

(Seemingly soft

Yet calloused to stiffness)

Wariness in my every move

As I walk along this overgrown path,

Looking for

The Castle

Prince Charming

Anything I'd recognize

Any hint of memory of the good life,

Of days long gone.



Disconsolate and alone,

I make my way,

Just barely

Through this wicked dream trail.

Desperate for anything,

I'd even settle for the poison apple

With a glass of acid rain water.



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