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eyes full of feathers

April 30, 2016
By tessellations GOLD, Columbia, Maryland
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the weight of the earth
rubs    up
against my ankles; i
stand,

 

and
sway,

 

but the words
don't
come.

 

and
when my gaze    swirls
up
to the horizon, i
do yet not see your
feet, or hear    your
song

 

but i know now that when
you loom up before me, and your voice
goes soft and sends me
spinning

 

my fluttering heart will
fall    into

 

your two cupped hands.

© Madeleine C., Murrieta, GA

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