The Mark of RAGRET

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In youthful eyes black ink is like the sun,

Which eighteenth iron boils up from the thrill.

The pain deters, most fearful people run

Far out the door at the sound, like a drill.


To those who stay, a world awaits the skin.

From needles tip great flocks of fleeing sparrows

Or blooming lotus buds pop from a pin

near pounding hearts with bloody bows and arrows.


But as with age all things begin to fade

And wrinkled flowers lose their lustrous stain.

Those youthful roots lie hollowed and decayed

While life's ragrets seep into pores like rain.


This life's mistake you'll wear until the grave

Though beauty tempts, you'll soon become its slave.

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