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*Kernel*
Wednesday 3rd February 2021
by Sophya Polevaya
Mysterious
you are
the auburn rose
encased in
my chest.
You silently
guide me
through the
wild woodland
of choice and
changing guises
the light and
shadow play
of life.
For life
we are
together
weaved
as one.
Your stem
and my spine
plaited
your thorns
carved upon
this braid
their grains
created from
gained wisdom
awakening
my inner strength.
Your leaves
a collage of
breathing fibres
our shared
washi parchment
to write on
for our secrets.
Your petals
sweet red velvet
delicate on touch
yet hold
the weight of
my joys
as gold charms
and my laments
as fresh tear water pearls
on an ever-growing
chain of captured
memories
my own cinematic loops
made from
chance strings.
Inside your fleshy cerise
a closed aperture kernel
hiding
the golden set of keys
to the self
and all the senses.
The heart.
♡
Sophya Polevaya 2021