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flickering candles

my face / a silhouette / in the dark

ripples in the water

hair obscuring it all / freckles / moonlight

paper to ash

tinder / firelight / pine trees



you can hear the voices on the wind
[a. howling]
[b. whispering]
[c. crying]
[d. comforting]

there's only so far you can fly until
you fall back to the earth

but this time
not plummeting
(knock on wood)

here it goes
a firework
in that forgotten chamber


she never told me what she was afraid of
and she no longer knows where she is.

the cookie cutter mold
is warped
and burned
and unrecognizable 
unholy

i've never known a person /
to wish for amnesia /
so young

so young /
to wish for amnesia /
i've never known a person

is this the dream?

are we waking up?

who's here with me

the sun peeks through

her namesake

sometimes i wonder what happened
when the angels fell

wine and blood
blood and wine

we all
bleed the same

where is the real ambrosia?

when my children ask about falling in love

i'll tell them about being set on fire

both being burned alive
cooked from the inside out

and the warmth
the blush
fireplaces deep within the heart
nursing the embers
being
feeling
home

she swallowed herself alive

where are we?

awake awake

tell my family i'm coming home

sometimes,
we must take this journey alone

take this journey alone

take this journey alone

strength can be found

bravery can be found

wisdom can be found

here.

she's locked herself away
and the prince is too far away
and the pauper is stuck
he can't reach the link.
he can't reach #7.

genesis

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who is the hero?
who is the villain?
who is the prince?

where is everybody?




will this story swallow itself whole?

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