Layered Fragments, Becoming Whole

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Soft Black Watercolor

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In the lush grey graveyard of my mind 
You stood
Like some sort of Great Egret in
Mental asylum
White
nurturing a newly conceived
Promise
hopeful, vulnerable, loving even
The “I will save you types”
living in
artistic
minimal scandinavian
architecture
Clean lines against light wood
Filtered sunlight through crystal glass
to thaw chilling bones and mend wanting spirits
None of the mystery saucy stains on walls
The malted burn spots on lumpy mattresses
Dust balls clinging to the ceiling like month old popcorn
And the feeling of unease
Prevailing
Throughout l o n g hallways…
Just
y e t
Poised there, my savior
on blood red moon
watching as my seeing sockets r e l e a s e
pieces of amber pain
there... you sit floating
gleefully preening
my inky obsidian feathers
As if something precious lay in between
Golden
Metamorphosis
Turned
Great White Egret

into my

Haunting Black Swan