CRAFTED AND COILED

Don’t you know that hiding

leads to colors like the pale

petal next door, preening in

her sameness. Carefully crafted

and coiled, infused with the right

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balance of summer pink and winter’s

shaved white.

Unfurl something sharp and crisp

like the tips and claws of sun’s dusk,

eyes closed—it’s not about the look,

but the feel, pouring into the wisps of

night air and star shadow.

You are more than the fleeting flash

of something others call beautiful.