Famous Last Words Canticle X Poem by Timothy Botts

Abandoned grey reflections,
swallowing vivid color. -

Opportunity knocks,
false bravado answers.
Negotiated price,
the weighted dice are thrown.

Victorious losers,
agree to compromise,
swallowing vivid color.

Radicalized hatred,
humiliated love.
Typical temptations,
tragic separation.

Once cherished life seen through,
painful memories and
abandoned grey reflections.

Redesign a circle,
remembered in a dream.
Hope so quickly fleeting,
when playing games of chance.

Dimensional spirits,
convinced they're still alive,
swallowing vivid color,
abandoned grey reflections. -