"Echoes" by Rusty Algren

Echoes

Echoes soft of whispered words,

of friendship, dreams,

a hearts desire.

Sweet they are to one who's lost,

so vibrant, tart,

and full of fire.

Fulfilling hopes unfilled too long,

with passion, lust,

or new love’s bliss.

Hiding wounds from former loves,

of death, betrayal,

or one last kiss.

Her echoes soft of whispered words,

of friendship, dreams,

a hearts desire.

Sweet they were for one so lost,

yet tainted, false,

and from a liar.

Fulfilled the hopes unfilled too long,

with cotton, sand,

vast emptiness.

Just adding wounds to former loves,

of pain, betrayal,

and her snake’s hiss.

Rusty Algren

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