Dirge (a.k.a. Freedom) (Poem)

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A fantastical, cold corner of my mind.

When the heavens are opened

And douse your sorrowful pyre

I will keep your powdered bones

In a locket at my breast


In your ashes

I will paint your portrait

Toss them about for the winds to play with

Like Odysseus' raft


I will dance between the pine trees

In fields of icy dusk roses

With the ocean's roar in my ears

And a night-owl at my shoulder.

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