the softness of spring

Alliteration and Em Dashes

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Translucent bubbles

Tumble upon my dishes

This whispered whimsy

A mosaic of mundane

Sunlight kissing my bare toes

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Those stupid pink skies

I follow with starving eyes—

I've come to despise

This chasm I cannot fill

A heart that is never still

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It tasted just like happiness

Like roses and champagne

A sunset, star-soaked honey bliss

Devoid of any pain

I pressed the lovely sweet pea

Made wishes in the night

The dandelions soared with me

The tiny seeds took flight

I drank till I was sated

And then I drank some more

Until the fear had faded

Until I lost the shore

But surely in the morning

Inside the coldest light

The day became a warning

& I was sick with fright

The magic still lingers

It whispers in the trees

Golden webs between my fingers

A thread none but the forest sees

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Oh, divinity

Roseate angels drifting

This generous sky

I am swimming in feathers

Heaven blooms here in my breast

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The saturation

Is fleeting, painted sunlight

The colors whisper

Ash and shadow blot the sky

The darkness always lurking

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Even the bees wilt

Whetted appetites, listless

Mercury's lashing

Small mercies, lotus plates gleam

Tender wings resume their dance

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Gentle wings of light

Tucking rays into pockets

For winter's safekeeping

Something sacred still remains

A whispered dream lingers on

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I capture heaven

In a sky's soft summer dress

Her amethyst shrug

With sticky strawberry smiles

And warm gardenia breezes

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My scythe relentless

Eviscerating the world

I am retreating

A stainless snip ending ties

I will float above the trees

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I've stopped making music

Forgotten how to read

My brain is calling in so sick

It only knows to bleed

I'm counting all the dots

As I'm laying on the floor

Ignoring all my thoughts

Until I cannot anymore

I'm licking off the blood

Of another lonely night

The panic is a flood

The fear is just a blight

I hum into the darkness

Wearing terror in the dark

Another long forgotten mess

Another wildfire finds a spark

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Skinned peach, sweet flesh

Sunlight strewn, salty fresh

Shadows slither up my skin

A heat unwinding within

I turn a blade behind my smile

Silence to entrance and to beguile

Come closer, lover

Stand here under my soft cover

I am a wild woods, these limbs gently sway

You can retreat but you can't turn away

I am the candle, you are the flame

You'll still see my face & recall my name

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A tiny ember

Floats in on an eastern wind

A breeze like a kiss

& sunset softly unfurls

Some familiar secret

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& I asked myself

If these words would be helpful—

Would soothe any hurt

My bitter tongue an answer

I just swallowed them back down

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There's so much magic

Etched into mundane moments

Dripping in stardust

Indigo skies bleed silver

Wonder sewn into my skin

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sometimes I miss everyone i ever knew

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A seedling's secret

Petals unfurled in prayer

Morning, sacrosanct

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The fairies ride on fireflies

Glowing creatures in the night

My wonder I cannot disguise

The fairies ride on fireflies

I take it in with widened eyes

My heart aching with delight

The fairies ride on fireflies

Glowing creatures in the night