actions and words

actions and words
daggers and knives
all cut and slice
through flesh and lives

retribution and retraction
attack and parry
always on guard
left tired and wary

the wounds are bleeding
the blood does not subside
and i am left
with nothing inside

everything hurts
even a breath
leaving my soul
begging for death

death from the dreams
the thoughts and the memories
death from the hopes
and realized realities

join me my love
in death from the past
because i have a future to show you
with a love that will last

Author's Note

not sure about the last, or second to last for that matter, stanzas