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    Red as It Runs
    Red as It Runs
    Red as It Runs
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    Red as It Runs

    By Jason Wallace Poetry

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    Silence, I insist
    Is the best to resist your words,
    Mighty but missed, highly unaided,
    Guiding a knife straight to my wrist,
    Washing the blood, red as it runs
    It’s not half the pain of the blame
    And how much losing you has hurt.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJason Wallace Poetry
    Release dateApr 15, 2016
    ISBN9781311328175
    Red as It Runs
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    Jason Wallace Poetry

    This is the page for my poetry. I have separated some of my poetry from my books to make things easier for readers. Make sure to check out my other poetry at https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/jasonwallace1982.

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      Red as It Runs - Jason Wallace Poetry

      Red as It Runs

      By Jason Wallace Poetry

      Smashwords Edition

      ******

      Published by:

      Jason Wallace Poetry and JaMa Literary Agency on Smashwords

      Red as It Runs

      Copyright © 2016 by Jason Wallace Poetry

      Red as It Runs

      Slipped down,

      I dissipate,

      No use

      Stripped away,

      Pissed,

      I wait

      For you

      Killing myself

      With empty threats,

      Wishing my will

      Was willing to get

      Me back to some place

      Of soft embrace

      And no new abuse

      Heavy of heart,

      Torn all apart,

      Feeling the flesh

      Ripped away, in two

      Gripping my own hand,

      I shake away, tremble to know

      That I am the one of old,

      Growing so cold and tossed and treated untrue

      Silence, I insist

      Is the best to

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