Mine robe is rust 
it’s purpose refuge
oxidised shell around me
protector of my heart
a flutter
barrier to the world 
a clutter

betwixt my rusty robe and me 
lies a sea 
of tranquility
where mind and soul 
are at rest
where love beats strong 
in swelling breast

I dwell in rust 
on rusty bed
my pillow brown 
for rusty head
there find me
with pledge to you 
amongst helter skelter 
rust piles askew 

through water deep 
I will walk with you 
with you beside 
your rusty guide
to rusty haven
secure engraven
come stay with me 
we're safe inside 

in rusty fortress 
under rusty sky
this place to be
abide with me
a rusty mantle 
tough rust retreat 
that malign forces 
will not defeat 

my trusty eye
my rusty robe 
deflects the fierce
threats of the globe
the purveyors of hate 
the snide deprived
the walking hopeless 
the full divide
to whom protective rust 
has been denied

I trust in rust 
as I trust in you
together we’ll forge
our rusty due
the crust of rust
our rusty glue

Poetry days #41.

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