Xanthe's Poem

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May my skin blister, may my eyes burn
May I be ravaged by the sun’s light stern
There’s but one pain, one thing I fear
Your silence, darling, your absence, dear

Say, say you hate me
So long as you speak
Run, run from me
So long as you breathe

My memories are fleeing to become naught but grains of sand
They are taking you with them - such is this hell’s demand
Shards of you scatter, unmade, destroyed
All becomes dust, in Anachora’s void

Say, say you hate me
So long as you speak
Run, run away from me
So long as you breathe

I’m fading, I’ll be gone, my dear
But whilst my song lasts, I’m here