《Ink & Tears》Crumbling Memories
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Do you feel the twist and spin
Spiral staircase descends
Every step reverberates
Creak and crack within
Broken and rustic
A pungent filled bucket
Pictures weather worn and faded
A tarnished golden locket
Music no longer hovers in the halls
Corridors decorated in discarded shawls
Memories murmur within the chambers
Derelict walls showing the mason's trawl
Brick and mortar have begun to crumble
In the darkness there is a rumble
Foundations have become fractured
I begin to trip and stumble
Searching through litter strewn rooms
Trying to brush back the curtains gloom
Golden rays refract between particulates
I peer upon the hope of noon.
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