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Drought Tab

by Vienna Teng


"Drought"

                                                                      
Summer move forward and stitch me the fabric of fall
                                                                     
Wrap life in the brilliance of death to humble us all

How sweet is the day

I'm craving a darkness
                                                
As I sit tucked away with my back to the wall
                                 
And the taste of dried-up hopes in my mouth
                                                
And the landscape of merry and desperate drought

How much longer dear angels

Let winterlight come
                                                                 
And spread your white sheets over my empty house
                                                                                
Summer move forward and leave your heat anchored in dust
                                                                      
Forgotten him, cheated him, painted illusions of lust
                              
Now language escape, fugitive of forgiveness
                                  
Leaving as trace only circles of rust
                                  
And the taste of dried-up hopes in my mouth
                                                  
And the landscape of merry and desperate drought

How much longer dear angels

Come break me with ice
                                                    
Let the water of calm trickle over my doubts
                  
Come let me drown
                                     
Angels no fire no salt on the plow
            
Carry me down
             
Bury me down
                                     
And the taste of dried-up hopes in my mouth
                                                  
And the landscape of merry and desperate drought

Once I knew myself

And with knowing came love
                                                                   
I would know love again if I had faith enough
                                                                
Too far is next spring and her jubilant shout
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So angels, inside Is the only way out