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Little Marble Kisses

IV.

She asks

                        and it is given

then she continues

                        to seek more

                                    elsewhere

from others,

            beholden to none

but her own Ego

            expanding and contracting

through each love

                        and loss

                                    Mine fades like carbon

                                         under pressure

                                                of each trial,

                                                                        seeded deep in your veins.

The Shadow subsides to a gleam

                        a glint from

                                    your eyes                                 

            summoning us all

to begin again the journey

cyclical as it may be

            this corkscrew

                        which never

                                    reaches the nectar

                        in the bottle beneath;

            infuriating with the

                        relief of repetition

            neglecting

                        satiation.

© 2023 by Anna Marie Ray

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