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Abyss
Written by: James Krolik

As my heart slowly bleeds
I fall into the abyss.
Not a tear can be found,
nor shall I be missed.

An echo of laughter
fades like the light.
For my days are now gone
as the sun sets on my life.

My corpse starts to rot
and desolve and decay.
I cannot be saved,
for I am disdained.

I carve at the wound
with the shattered, heart-shaped glass.
And the embers of life
have, aside, been cast.

I will never escape this melancholy.
For I am consumed,
trapped,
and will, never again, be free.

Eden
Written by: James Krolik
Dedicated to Katherine

In this pasture of my heart,
I am engulfed by passion.
Paradise is aplenty,
I relax in the Garden.

We caress each other.
The aura of your body engulfs my will.
Under the Tree, we unite.
Being embodied by the premonition of Life,
we celebrate;
we embrace each other.

By the River we walk,
hand-in-hand to the meadow.
This forest is mystical;
the Fruit is mysterious.

We venture far past the norm.
We explore the limits of reason.
This Fruit is different, somehow, someway.
I fall drowsy.
I close my eyes and feel you slip away.

I awake.
My eyes open, things are different.
We have been taken to a terrestrial land,
we are now bound to the natural order.
There we stand, time steadily passing.

Our love becomes a test.
We endure, and we prosper.
Through our trials, we have succeeded;
we have survived.

Though time will pass,
It is with you that I share my pride.
With you by my side,
the world will always be like Eden.