Layered Fragments, Becoming Whole

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Soft Spoken

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There wasn't much of me left 
when you came through the door
all the pieces
scattered in some distant place
a forest
where the trees are still
the cold rain falls endlessly
in a steady,
n u m b i n g rhythm
Night-blooming
jasmine
dimly lit by moonlight,
white petals
F a l l i n g
calling out to you
in a d r i f t i n g melody
barely there
Yet, your weary hand
still reaches for me
And stay,
holding me as I c r u m b l e
into your collapsing bones
Dust
To
Dust
Through all eternity