the stars shed their souls to build you this palace of stardust to fall in love with.
your skin is cut from the finest marble, adorned with golden freckles gifted by apollo, glistening in summer's twilight.
stretch marks run down these thick castle walls for your favorite flowers to grow between the cracks.
your blood is a river carrying rubies, flowing through every vein of your holy body, and your tears a gentle stream of pearls.
a skeleton of columns by the ancient greek hold this work of art up, no matter how old or fragile these bones might seem to be.
your garden of untold love stories survives another harsh winter, and the ghosts in your dungeons slowly disappear with every new dawn.
there's so much to fall in love with in this place. a throne of lunar silver and diamonds awaits the queen. so sit down and keep on breathing.
- August 29th, 2020 (rewritten)
Photo by Darren Oorlaff
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✧ Selenophile | Poetry
Poetry❝ the sun watches what I do but the moon knows all my secrets ❞ . . . ⎯ achievements: #1 in poetry - march 14th, 2022 #3 in the dead poets awards 2020 . . . ☆ completed on july 25th, 2021
