Did you once love me
Or is it still just another darkly lit daydream
Illuminated by shadow birthing white candles
I habitually cling to
In my self-imposed darkness
One where we'll never find true happiness
Or togetherness
Did I claim a part of your once unapproachable soul
As you once preached
A place
Where now
No one
No longer knows
For it's beyond their mortal reach
When on that sad but memorable day
In Los Angeles
You quietly told me
Standing by The Four Ladies of Hollywood
To go
Was I just a childish
foolish dream to carry you
On a crimson stretcher of unrequited love
To safety
Beyond some deep emotional pain
You were going through
Am I now just discarded
Like a drained paper Costa coffee cup
Since you said your unbearable goodbyes
When you embraced
On that fateful day
Before we went to Los Angeles
All your family and friends
Sweet backstabbing lies
Will I rise to face any upcoming storms
With the winds of change
As it blows over my prayers of positive new horizons
Watching me standing
Here at the beginning of the worlds many awakening united nations
Or will I fall headfirst into the blood-red snow of self-flagellation
But as I pause and look back at my life
And meditate over its unique highways
I hope
Deep down
They are replenished with self-growth
With a roll of these lucky soul-transforming
Black and white dice
Called Transmigration
I now toss
Copyright John Duffy
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