Mother Mariana

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If I throw myself to the sea, I should not die

I think

But become my absent mother

Embracing the darkness with tidal wave arms

giving home to the ones that garish Gaia cannot love

whispering with my shadows "come, I shall give you what they never could"

We are all secrets in the blackness

creeping away from florescents

Stifling anguished cries of capitals

and Capitals and secrets too often seen

Too often spoken of over dinner tables,

and coffee cups with a dignified hand to

A dignified necklace

"oh dear how tragic,"

Tragic, you say that I am

Tragic, a life that never was

Tragic, the undead girl at the stoop of your door

Half-truths fill your mouth like leaves

Like barnacles clinging to sunken masses

Minnow thoughts and prayers

Weaving, zipping, threading

In and out of empty words with empty chests

Of empty secrets

Oh my darling dearest,

We are tragedy

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