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Apr 27, 2010
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to the memory of your face
my fingers
in their loneliest silence
have called
to the memory of your face
they cry
raining shadows to be near the sun
imperfect specters that light has known
I am hollowed in this place of stone
our tongues can not pass the wall of hours
this cage of feathers encases my feet
and yet I will never depart the sky
in which your smile is that bird
my hands must hold
as warm as sunlight
in their loneliest silence
have called
to the memory of your face
they cry
raining shadows to be near the sun
imperfect specters that light has known
I am hollowed in this place of stone
our tongues can not pass the wall of hours
this cage of feathers encases my feet
and yet I will never depart the sky
in which your smile is that bird
my hands must hold
as warm as sunlight
— Orphani, Apr 27, 2010
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Critiques
Kailashana
16 years 1 month ago
You mean this one darling?
Orphani
16 years 1 month ago
So that’s why i get hard.
Geezer
16 years 1 month ago
Memorized face...
Orphani
16 years 1 month ago
Thanks for the heads-up.
Nordic cloud
16 years 1 month ago
The gentlest sensitivity of the fragility of a bird,
Orphani
16 years 1 month ago
The heart is the most
Seren
16 years 1 month ago
Dearest B
Orphani
16 years 1 month ago
Love makes your focus
lyz
16 years 1 month ago
Dear Bazza