themes: regret, yearning, jealousy
your last words hanging off my lips
a distant memory of foolish choices
undeserving i folded my winning hand
living in regrets that linger in the hall
no gamble can make this beggar rich
knowing i lost the one who gave it all
when i had nothing to offer back
but a consciousness of nightmares
her shrill laughter echos in my ears
a lasting reminder of my dirtied hands
the scorn whispered against my mouth
should instead be your edelweiss kiss
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aftertaste || poetry
Poetrythe words left in my mouth after the pain came, stayed, and left
