632 – Watching you sleep
The thin veil
Between your eyes
And mine
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The thin veil
Between your eyes
And mine
Joy, pain.
Life, death.
Tiny iron teeth
Gnawing at the roots
Of a single purple rose
Within my head.
Delicate wings
Of silk kimonos,
Flutter
In the autumn breeze.
Small time capsule,
Held between my fingers.