Soliloquy

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I live away every disobedient memory
that dwells in the swell
of a thought-womb aching to be touched
Old vinegar moments string themselves pretty
to a flailing ribbon
One end of which I release from my canceled heart
and the other?
It capriciously stretches out to infinity

I live away this lifetime in split seconds
carefully embroidering designs on prayer carpets crimsoned by the litmus of yore
Unleashing remnant by remnant all the stories that remain entangled in the warp and weft of my rapunzel tresses
I wish to detach all those stories that feel burdensome
as practiced old wives` tales but still bear the scent of familiarity

I live away
And somewhere between my preoccupations
broken days swallow the cracks in the walls
to metamorphose into the wakefulness of Night






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Devotica