Gothic mixtape 10.25

For those deprived of love
this cry sounds so very intimate.

Withdrawal and nihilism is easy,
a dry leaf in the winds of fate.

Endless grief, sweet self-torture,
as if it's been your fault,
but it hasn't.

So mourn, anger and relief with pleasure,
here, now and always.

This is for me, this is for you,
this is for all those deprived,
and yet full of life.

To all dear losses
2/10/25

Cover art: The Moira Atropos, ending life, by Stefan Keller @ pixabay (detail)
https://pixabay.com/photos/tombstone-lantern-graveyard-fantasy-2542946/