Ashes Worn

Ashes Worn

Twirl.

A shadow can
where persists sun;

yet in stark darkness
shadows

aren’t spun.

A mist appearing
briefly begun as a silken thread

undone.

Pulled out of reach… beyond

our control?

… Our grief

untold

when life’s torn–
friends,
family

to us born

ashes
worn.


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