there’s red in the sunlight,
i can taste it in my tongue:
heavy and holy—
i’m dying in the sunrise
with hollowed bones
but no wings.
I never left my country,
barely left my home.
the morning burns my eyes,
and it’s quiet here,
alone.
A Library in Progress
there’s red in the sunlight,
i can taste it in my tongue:
heavy and holy—
i’m dying in the sunrise
with hollowed bones
but no wings.
I never left my country,
barely left my home.
the morning burns my eyes,
and it’s quiet here,
alone.
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