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THE LAST GUEST TO MY DARKEST PLACE (Poem By Billy Alsbrooks)
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THE LAST GUEST TO MY DARKEST PLACE (Poem By Billy Alsbrooks)

THE LAST GUEST TO MY DARKEST PLACE

Poem By: Billy Alsbrooks

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From the jump

From the moment the light destroyed the black 

The fate of her storm led me away

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Before the do-over

Before the second first impression 

Sweetness was at the end of my death 

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Beautiful fools pretending to be ice cream 

Neapolitan souls living mixed dreams 

I still find pieces of her in my every waking moment 

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A hundred other girls in a hundred other worlds

None could find a happy death 

None could find a deeper breath

We drowned in a desert of hope

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As the words were spoken 

The gate of stars opened 

And all of heaven sung your name

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Under currents in a dry river bed

Questions burning from the soft words you said

Our waves the answer in a world still guessing 

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A million lessons 

I’m grateful 

A million lessons 

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Our bed full of contradictions 

Minor people with major issues 

I board the circus train to hear your confessions 

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A million blessings

I’m grateful 

A million blessings 

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Anything is possible in an age of anxiety 

The space between us and the gap between society

Hold the candle as if I was still yours 

Hold the candle as if I was still yours 

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You are the last guest to my darkest place 

When will mercy again show her face

I guess my guilt is just too much for your innocence 

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You promised to never leave me

But being this close is killing me

For our love is the house at the bottom of the sea

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Bury the dead so our lips can live again

Rob the world so we’ll have something to give again

I am the silent scream no one heard

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A double life in a single room

Lovers lucky enough to live on a dying moon

Hold the candle as if I was still yours 

Hold the candle as if I was still yours 

The last guest to my darkest place…