Crushing Leaves

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Can you see the path laid around you In any direction Are you mindful of your feet on this autumn day Do you feel the chill in the air from this cloudless sky Whispering words of another time You can't tell if its the past You can't tell if its something you have yet to see All that's there is a whisper Of what you couldn't be You feel that whisper roll off your lips as you sing the word goodbye Life became a fever dream You looked upon its face but couldn't see its heart Though you pulled it out It beat in your hands and the world could see you dying A hole in your chest begging to be seen They looked in horror as you begged on your knees Wishing my lips were poison That final kiss would take you away But death didn't meet you at those gates You watched a faceless wo

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