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Ashes (A Poem)

  • Writer: Hayden Purcell
    Hayden Purcell
  • Jan 1, 2022
  • 1 min read

I keep too long these things

Much better left forgotten

Atop the mantle my vessels stand

Each a memento beholden

To an aspect of experience, an education

But only one I'll carry with me

To the summit I climb towards

Yet only to scatter with my grief

The ashes of your trust

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