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the stars of affliction

March 9, 2022
By madi07 GOLD, Newark, Delaware
madi07 GOLD, Newark, Delaware
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Favorite Quote:
"In the end, we'll all become stories." - Margaret Atwood


gusts of wind wove between a field of grass bristles

the earth a mere hairbrush

combing and taming the wild chariot

that moves forth with time itself


my voice i urged forward

the susurrations i hoped were just enough

to travel the valley of the cosmos

and safely land in the arms of the stars


i lay before them

a witness before the jury

i plead to them

please go easy on me


for life 

as sweet as may be

is not the cradling arms of a mother

is not the embrace of the summer sun


i am silent amongst my consultants

they are nothing more than bark and needles

and the flowers despite their allure

do not carry baskets of comfort


every thought and question

walk the boulevards of my mind

forever to wander with no destination

and no satisfaction


but one restless thought

demands an answer

so constellations please tell me

why is the human spirit the heaviest thing to lift?



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