Doomed

I step into the dire murk

Knowing it’s only crystal clear

On the surface

I lazily watch the swirls of slurry

And as the syrupy sludge

Comes up to take me

In its slimy clutches

I breathe my last

Wholeheartedly

Before I drown myself

In regret.

Resolute

Time in trying
to burnish this heart
noticed no matter what
the seams still showed
the cracks still faintly glowed

All the darkness had been drained
and the edges all glued with hope

And still,
obstinate
it remained
resolute
in its
flaws.