Layered Fragments, Becoming Whole

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Soft Focus in Crumbling Towers

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A little bird flew 
toward the horizon
a l o n e
wings fluttering, gliding
d i p p i n g into wind
to catch sea spray
made by her need to brush a g a i n s t tension
as she made her way
somewhere intuitive

The mist cooling her warmed feathers
warmed tendons
little muscles
not yet
t e a r i n g from having to take

F l i g h t

into bright cavern on an island

There, weary
plump hands
s c u l p t
a pair of blue jade eyes in silence
as wind echoes
the words...
that someone is y o u

in lush forest, fully formed
as chrysalis breaks
E m e r g e
a soft pink femme
revealing
feet parallel
holding still, s t o n e like
to loosen on exhale, melting into green paint
bending willow
r o s e
into en pointe

A dancer of ballet, of mind

Disciple of

sharp angles fall apart into curving grace
t e a r i n g in
chainés
spinning, faster, faster
spinning o u t…

Delicate
collapse into bed of feathers
hiding expressions of pain
her pulsing heartbeat
c r y i n g o u t for
you

as heavy curtains fall
darkness envelops
severing her life
line