October 22, 2023

pieces

By Kat Myrman 
pieces 

she dances a slow dance 
with death, barefoot, draped 
in purple, to music only she hears,
whispers on wind tips, in and out
from the shadows, balancing 
between dark and light, need
and want, pieces of herself 
plucked from her core like 
the leaves of autumn called
to sleep at the feet of their mother

she dances a slow dance
with death, slipping deeper, 
deeper into the darkening 
night, eyes fading, heart jaded, 
breath growing shallow, voice 
silenced to a whimper, donned 
in purple darkened from tears 
long shed from wells gone dry
praying for winter snow to gently
wrap her in silence, where blessed
sleep waits, that she might finally 
rest…that she might find peace

~kat

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