-Reviver-

How can one rightfully mourn

a soul never known?

Sparked

by the pain of an acquaintance

displayed in a way

I hadn’t replicated,

not even for my own
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Selected and communicated

I chose the face that fit,

pressing deeper,

page by page,

absorbing, reflecting

until the pain hit
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Her depth was

tangible, human,

feral,

actual and brilliant

My heart grew as warm

as it was heavy and empty

reflecting on memories

which were never created

in the first place
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I remember

the sea that helped you float

all the way up

to the waterfalls

to muse

to create your iridescence
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Were you resting on it’s tide

or swimming against the current?
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It must have been beautiful

on top of it all.

worthy of a photograph,

Or was it enough

to stay and breathe it in,

to stop whirling,

to float back down

finding peace once again?
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