The suffocating blows
And torrid affairs
Grace my face
Once more
The sirens of time
Forever now lost
In the sweet whisper
Of the has beens
I tremble now
And blink then
The time was there
But now has gone
Sufficient the need
Powerless the gain
Gripped so tight
So lose the pain
©Kim Brown 20th August 2012
First written Jan 1995
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