hand trembling

reached past thorns

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yesterday love died

stole blue from shrieking sky

drained lake's glittering green

tore warm tones from skin once fair

bleached reddest rose

poured ebony ink across stilled heart

remaining soul knew only decay

yet

here glowing in garden regal

bloomed ghost grey rose

life brilliant, breathing gold

unearthly impossible light gleaming

incandescence somehow captured

giving warmth to anguished heart

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