Like So Many Roses<\/p>\n
By<\/p>\n
Radiance Angelina Petro<\/p>\n
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I go inside to find you, and a praying mantis appears,<\/p>\n
turning its face towards me.<\/p>\n
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Your voice of many waters drenches my cells.<\/p>\n
Your accent turns ordinary syllables into little songs.<\/p>\n
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If you must pour another day into my life,<\/p>\n
spill the light and melody everywhere.<\/p>\n
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I would have given anything to be the wrappings<\/p>\n
they adorned you with for your cremation.<\/p>\n
How the smoke must have risen, like a black river<\/p>\n
scented with sandalwood, how the flames must have risen, like<\/p>\n
so many roses released into the sky.<\/p>\n
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