Hello, Father, Mother,
\nDear little one, life’s blood,
\nThat day our hearts joined in one beat
\nAnd stayed there forever.
\nYou lived inside me, where the blood flows hottest,
\nStayed in my arms and never left.
\nWhen you died, my heart beat for two,
\nTwo times as fast, until it burst and shriveled
\nAway like roses before wildfire.
\nIt lingers like woodsmoke and potpourri,
\nAnd life goes on much as before (a lie.
\nRoses drink deep of the breezes,\u00a0 from wellsprings thawed of ice.
\nFragrance, sweet, and young, and delicate,
\nDeath has cruelly smeared in ash.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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