Milk

MILK

                    milk like lit candle
               ascending
          the dark victorian stairs
     ethereal
ascension of an angel

liquid
     coats the throat of intended
          beams
               of light shoot out through her eyes

               spiritual
          duet of contradiction
     darkness
and innocence meet in stare

penetrating
     deep into each other’s soul
          diluting

          the contrast of dark and light
     shadows
that keep them apart

7/19/2017
Strand’s Mid-Summer Standard Contest
1st Place

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Date: 7/20/2017 11:50:00 PM
Congrats on the win Kim. Particularly enjoyed the imagery on the positioning of the lines. :)
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Date: 7/20/2017 5:42:00 PM
Wow! Creatively brilliant poetry, Kim. The thoughts elevate and descend w/each passing phrase. A mind bender is what we free thinkers love always to experience. A joy to read this stellar write. Love always.
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Date: 7/20/2017 5:32:00 PM
Congrats on your win Kim
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Date: 7/20/2017 4:56:00 PM
This is wonderful, Kim - exquisite! Congrats on win, my friend! :-)
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Date: 7/19/2017 5:25:00 PM
A milky smooth write Kim...the moos have it lol...^WW^
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Kim Rodrigues
Date: 7/19/2017 6:51:00 PM
How a-moos-ing! thanks :)
Date: 7/19/2017 8:37:00 AM
This is so beautiful!
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Kim Rodrigues
Date: 7/19/2017 11:25:00 AM
Thank you, Mike :)
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