Pieces
I found her again
Broken into naked pieces
Scattered to the heavens
Offered for redemption
There were faded footprints
Echoes of embers' flight
Burned vestiges
Night's pillaged light
I felt love’s ruin
Ashes eating Eden’s seed
Flickering barbs of sacrifice
Life's stillborn dreams
There was still hope
Clinging to blackened feet
Coddling one another
Beneath quivering sheets
I found her again
Midnight makeup bled
I touched her weeping hand
As I knelt beside her bed
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