untitled 02A Poem by Everett Dulinthis is from the same notebook, these are circa 2021. my craft wasnt quite honed yet
longing, waiting
a railway station platform 7 a stranger enters the world is silent it was ever only us he mocks me with a gaze warm like stone and with one glance, he exclaims "why throw away everything your thougths the outside world" "it doesnt matter right now" my watch rebuts "it never mattered," "I'm reminiscing. plus analyzing my itinerary," "it never comes" "Pardon?" "it never comes your perfect escape always a coward, afraid to face fate your stories twist, loop themselves infinitely" you dont even want to escape." you start heading, not to be late to your train but to listen, reason lurks platform 7 bustling as ever not a single face, to save the intricate tiles tell stories always told skid marks not remembered "you were never this bold" the voice sharp as cotton cuts through my eyes he softens "the palace is as beautiful as ever" "the platform, your ballroom?" "oh i remember those eyes" "i wish i could take back years i spent loved" "deny yourself, control yourself" "you were only a monster because it was your dream" "a dream to be a monster?" "a dream, something of your own making" the train is never on time im always early platform 7 I confront myself this one last time he wasn't there platform 7 youll find plastered on the wall scribbles bless the door "Absolutely Nothing"
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