unrequited (a poem)
unrequited
tell me a story – she says
her breath escaping,
a thousand silk petals tumbling
palely into twilight.
tell me – she says-
and I will stay until the end-
her eyes cradle the promise
like a spark, from the wind.
and your heart;
a thousand small birds taking wing
beat their way free,
leave without a sound.
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