crush these
certain flower petals
the pulp red
hot beneath your fingers
sticky, sweet, spicy
what it touches
it changes
deepening grace
we will ascend like
doves into the heavens
see the down
upon your skin,
once red as sacrifice,
now white as paper
crush these
wings against the
windowpanes
your bed forgotten
hands fading
memories
this new shape
cannot grasp<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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