Bruised choral

Hurt such

That received love

Felt undeserved.

Clutched but reluctant

Trudged toward; 

Trust always lies to a sword.

Descending like exiled angels

Cardboard wings wear my wishes;

Once fetched from treetops 

From river stretches fished

Separate like brittle things at the soft prod 

Of fingertops.

The frosted pond of our love 

Melting as the sun comes up

Even as we kiss’d,

Wind waking hiss’d. 

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