Fleur Du Mal
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The Unformed Deep lines on my mother's face, dusk-painted In my mind etched with nails of pain Her ashen dress floated in the breeze then fell still against the floor as she closed the shutters and turned to me, ”That wind is the breath of your father, it's time for you to go.” Sharp blades of grass against my legs In the forest to where she pointed my steps Her finger shivering like the leaves above my head ready to fall for winter as she closed the past and turned away, That wind breathes her life hereafter, it's time to let go. Shredded fabric hanging from the branches Crows picking clean the forfeit bones of soldiers Their spirits unformed and left without a home, howling in the aether as I walked along the road and turned away That wind is the breath of my father, it's time for me to go. Sacred ground crying under my soles torn Forbidden battlefields spreading across my vision In the middle stood the shrine that is no more crumbling apart in the wind as my father exhaled and turned to me, ”This breath draws your life hereafter, it's time for you to let go.” Broken sword in the reach of my trembling heart Covered with the dried blood of the unformed Their thoughts still howling and praying above choosing life even past midwinter as I grabbed the iron and turned to him ”This breath is mine to draw hereafter, it's time for you to let go!” Snowstorm cast on the forest for hours and hours Ripping the crust apart, twisting the blistering trees In the eye of the blizzard fought I and father faith upon fate in the dark as my father fell and turned away, This wind is the breath of your daughter, it's time for you to go.
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