Baskadia

Phrases chickening out,

like ravens inside the nighttime!

Or deliveries left on the doorstep

Some pilfered or purloined

Or misdelivered

Phrases misfired

Misunderstood

A swollen, beating coronary heart

Is aware of not what turns into

Not noted inside the cold

Unattended

Ready to be sold,

Words whilst served raw

Laced with poison ivy

Poisonous recollections

And damaged believe

Along dandelions and cashmere

Sunsets in a vapored cloud of dirt,

phrases will age like pleasant wine

However carry

Little recompense

Or splendor

To the fact distorted or denied.