“Poetry is all that is worth remembering in life.”

— William Hazlitt

Patrick Patrick

That Last Night

A night of moonlight, gently it gleams, passing glass panes, and onto the floor. 
I sit alone reflecting, thoughts of melancholy aching
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Tears & Blood

I lashed out, enraged at the passion,
that same passion, whose refusal now shunned,
just to laugh at my cold heart in silence,
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Demons

Each demon laughing, each taking its turn
Breaking down my spirit
For which now it yearns
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