Soften Stark Lines

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When you cry, do you also feel physical
pain of throat constricting and burning, as
if made raw by scouring? When you are sad,
do you also feel unable to carry on? The
meaningless little games we play having
fun, to get time to pass pleasantly, to earn
money, suddenly lose all their attraction

Darkness descends, no glimmer anywhere,
no beginning, just grey unending without
comprehension or significance – how to
pick up the pieces of anything, find the
beginning of the golden thread to unwind
this day after learning sad news leading
to dank loneliness cold and unabated

Hearts beating without the aid and care of
illusion and romance; how, where, can we
insert a feeling of magic and wonderment
when someone we love is living in a dif-
ferent house we have no key to open, no
understanding how to soften the threat of
stark lines with diaphanous planes

Of warm feeling, the metaphysical ability to
create a dream within cold, empty lines by
spinning all together with the capacity to
create joyous expectation…
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