Staring down from the endless night,
He watched and waited, filled with wanting desire
She sat under the canopy, staring back,
Alone with the thoughts in her head
Reaching down through the mire and muck
With a hand burning as hot as a banked coal,
He plucked her from her prison –
From this sentence of hell and misery –
To tiptoe amongst the embers
Lighting their way through forever night
Dancing along the ethereal white-green ribbon
Across the universe to a haven –
A warm harbor in the midst of
The freezing stinging bite of loneliness –
And he embraced her,
Protecting her from the pain of humanity…
Until she awakened
Tears staining her pillowcase
In memory of the paradise she’ll never have.
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