how often have kisses been killed on our cheeks,
by serenades of secret struggles
suppressed by shrouded smiles,
gangrene giggles,
lonely laughters,
and a deepening tussle deep within.
yet we fail to feel,
that rapture is erupting slowly
like molten magmas from underneath our skins.
the universe is a candle,
and we are a fire each.
daily do we glow and burn gradually,
until we are extinguished.
so death is many things.
but one thing death is not,
is an extinguisher.
for death isn't death unless it has lived.
(Excerpts from "Death in the Living Quarters")
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