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longing
December 9, 2018
There were no stars the night my heart disintegrated.
It was not a breaking;
loud,
sudden,
sharp;
it was quiet and calm
and the reds and whites spilled out of the spaces between my ribs,
every drop growing a rose as it touched the earth,
till I was surrounded by a cage of thorns and fragile fantasies
waiting to prick my fingers should I grasp at their delicate petals.
There were no stars tonight for they were covered by clouds;
ever-present,
yet out of sight, out of reach.
Still I longed for them.
© Monica L., St. George, UT
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