Inside out

You're an abstract vision
probably not
as I remember you
at all...
Someone said
you look so much older now
like time or life
has written you penalties
and sins for others to see
sketched them on the map
of your face
Are all your dreams
falling away?
You let loose of so many
people...afraid or
uncertain
which one is good
picking the rotten fruit
each time...
wondering why then
everything tastes sour
bitter gall swallowed up
like acid to etch
lines...drawing
writing what's inside... out

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