'Rolling Girl'

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(June 4, 2015)


She rolled

under the stars -

crystal air,

cold,

white and blue

and bleeding

jewels

her riches.


She rolled

under the stars,

the smell

of evenings

and 

the beginning

of summer air

her hills. 


She rolled

under the stars

that she 

could

almost touch

but never 

could quite

do so. 


Reaching 

out

to touch

the light,

the bruises,

the blood,

the coldness

in the sky. 


She rolled

and rolled

under the stars,

feeling 

the pain

yet the 

inexplicable joy

the stars had. 


She rolled

and rolled

and rolled

on hills

made from

mornings'

and evening'

smells


with stars

as

her companions

under the stars;

riches 

all around her,

but nothing

comparing

to the richness

that was 

always

with her.

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