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+crescendo
+2016-03-12
+
+***
+
+sweetness never stays.
+no horizon is worth chasing relentlessly
+ambition fades into obsession
+and crescendos in devastation
+
+a delicate ball of pure glass
+wound out of the finest sands
+twice shattered and once glued
+can never be truly put back together
+
+sticks and stones
+may break people’s bones
+but scars dug deep enough
+never truly heal
+
+where is the peace I paid for?
+surely my childhood doesn't hold a monopoly
+although countless summer afternoons spent poring over
+paper money counts in some convoluted way
+
+***
+
+CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 (c) Vane Vander