Friday, November 10, 2017

she

drips of sunlight color her hair,
laughter ringing in her eyes
her smile promises love and life
beyond discretion

wait, her lungs cry out
oppressed by image
clear to everyone but herself
blurring her sweet eyes with fire

tears carve my heart out
eating like maggots at its flesh,
one two, one two
my arms reach to hold her

but she's not there,
her tiny fingers shaking,
her body stiff, eyes open but unseeing
dead, or wanting, I'm not certain

one two, one two




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