Stained Glass

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Shadows curl around a throat.
Twisted knives 
howl dirges
through a sutured smile.
Tears fall like acid
through bone,
burning a hole 
where hope flickers.
a stifled sob—
slips through noosed hands.
A ticking centre 
hairline fractures,
gasping 
trembling—
on thorned ground.
The chill presses in.
Breath fades
Grasp falters.
A bloodied lamb 
limps.
Yielding light.
Darkness gorges.
Abyss.
Chthonic laughter 
rises between 
blackened irises.
She is not 
who she 
once
was