Mismarked

You needn’t dig that deep
to uncover
    this heart
in shallow
selfish

rock strewn fallow
despair
    beneath
pink cheeks
healthy

bloody tears nourish
my sickly soul
    searching
for rest
Copyright © | Year Posted 2006

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