Incandescent

from Wildcard by Violet Ripken

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Incandescent

I’ve been walking outside
In weather I hate more
It doesn’t mean that much
That’s just Baltimore
This gray repetition
It aches more and more
This regurgitation
Makes less sense, makes less

As she dreams of that electric spring time
She enhances what it must have been like
She can’t trust her mind and I can’t trust mine
Don’t let this flicker, it can’t flicker

Holding softly, slowly dropping
I can’t fight this, it’s not stopping
Driving further, driven inward
I don’t know what I think my life’s worth

As he burns from that scalding summer
His thoughts turn, start to turn to others
He forgives her but does not forget her
And he worries that this is not over yet

Oh but yet
Oh but, oh but, oh but…
Oh but yet
Oh but, oh but, oh but yet!

As they recall those fluorescent seasons
Bright as bright could be but harsh as reason
Warm and welcome turned hard and sharp
Don’t let this decay, oh it can’t decay

I can’t decide my life’s untied
Held back when I left for outside
Brains and hearts get bent and broken
But you’re not unloved
You’re just unspoken

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from Wildcard, released October 18, 2017

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