Sticky Notes
I drift
candle wings
shadow my silhouette on stone
the attic creaks plundered tales
asleep until brittle fingers
cast about for bits of bone
tumbled caskets
basket size
guard scent on cotton sighs
and buried hymns in tearstained notes
outside the night ticks and rattles
shakes a whisper through dormer gates
and the chill of broken hours
cups candlelight till dawn
when sunlight sneaks a slivered gilt
tucks echoed gems goodnight
and twilight serves a sparrow's frown
birdbath's empty aria
weighs the task to breathe again
candle wings
shadow my silhouette on stone
the attic creaks plundered tales
asleep until brittle fingers
cast about for bits of bone
tumbled caskets
basket size
guard scent on cotton sighs
and buried hymns in tearstained notes
outside the night ticks and rattles
shakes a whisper through dormer gates
and the chill of broken hours
cups candlelight till dawn
when sunlight sneaks a slivered gilt
tucks echoed gems goodnight
and twilight serves a sparrow's frown
birdbath's empty aria
weighs the task to breathe again
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