FATES ALLOWED

FATES ALLOWED
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There’s a dance that sits in silence
Brows lean across her face
And a look that does her violence
As she dreams a better place
A night surrounding shadows
A lawn that’s drenched in dew
As the pane that holds the window
So the pain that’s holding you

And do you take this too?

There’s a beer hall haze and tattered stool
Teetering in gin
He sits there glass reflecting
Slurs “fill it up again”
And it isn’t for the company
There is silence in a crowd
And it’s not a case of destiny
Just a fate that he allowed

And do you take this too?