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Faded

A Poem

By Teyana JacksonPublished 7 years ago 1 min read
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You're a pale sliver

in the night now,

a wavering line of moonlight

and stardust,

lingering

in glassy fragments

atop the rumpled surface

of my old comforter.

I knew you once,

dark and lively,

with freckled skin

and messy hair;

you were a solid thing

that smiled too much

and tore chunks

from the carefully built walls

of those around you.

I wonder now,

who you are;

if you're anyone or anything at all

or perhaps just a pretty figment

of my over-active imagination.

I'm afraid to say

that you've grown too thin

your flesh stretched over sharp bones,

and nails cracked;

tiny tracts of thirsty earth

torn to bare bits

by nervous teeth

I know you won't stay long,

you never do;

only quiet, in-between moments

on nights like these

where our past rests

delicate and unspoken

on the floor between us,

glimmers of friendship

shared as saucer eyed children,

ignorant of the darkness

crouching beyond the chalked edges

of our doorsteps.

I'm not naive enough

to ask you what the money's for,

a slim stack of bills

drawn guilty from my pocket

and counted into slender, quaking hands

You're a pale sliver

in the night now,

just a bit dimmer

as you slip through my door

and back into the greedy hands

of the shadows

waiting

just beyond.

heartbreak
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About the Creator

Teyana Jackson

An aspiring writer and poet currently living on the East Coast. More work can be found on allpoetry.com, thebluenib.com, and in the poetry anthologies "Circular Whispers" and "Seasonal Perspective"

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