I came, I saw
I dreamt, I wept
I gambled high
On a losing bet

I risked too much
To buy more time
My yearning heart
Still walked the line

Just two steps shy
Of the jagged edge
A stone's throw away
From a deathly ledge

A mantis, twice, knocked on my door
A call to prayer, like never before
And a bluejay visited a nearby tree
His message for the likes of me

Yet the Goddess angry
Blew winds fierce
Floating an arrow
Which my heart, did pierce

It cut, I bled
It hurt, you fled
The love I dreamt
At wake, lay dead

Sudo Nym ~ Poet in Motion
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