Dented Helmet [April 6, 2016]

dark metal glimmers in the suns
on back and shoulders bent and sore
there dragging steps a pathway wore
through desert sands, a soul undone.

exhausted, breathing burning air
those twisted limbs will slowly bruise
and pounding heart will slowly lose
all things that once had made it fair.

through scorching doubled summer heat
the steel armor’s noise is lost
while secret thoughts count up the cost
and memories of dark defeat.

inside the dented iron skull
a dream of colder, hidden things
of rain and ocean, thundering
and empty skies’ relentless pull.

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for an anonymous user on tumblr