Flames of Futility

Stop!
Refrain from igniting
the flames of unspoken feelings.
Those we dare not think,
let alone,
feel.

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Stop!
Keep a lid on
the pouring of words.
Those stir, wake, rekindle — bodies of
water, bodies of gloom,
menhirs of peace.

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Stop, keep going. Stop!

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Teach me
this interminable charade,
such
futility trying to
move
oceans for stones.