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Melancholia

weepy, faraway freak under
imaginary interrogation lights -
they sear into clandestine
melancholy 

she has tried so hard to keep it concealed,
but water touched by flame cannot 
pretend it doesn't boil

downcast eyes so they cannot sense
the well's depth and opacity -
mouth corners pinned into
a permanent grin -
don't let it twist to grimace

their careful words morph into the
dull hum of cicadas -
gripped by her hidden wreckage
her tears bubble up to the surface

deluge from the deep

Copyright © Eloise Drake | Year Posted 2022



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Laze

sunlight pours
through the trees -
I stand to watch
as light kaleidoscopes
through branches,
filtered through leaves
 
a cloudless sky 
mirrors 
my unfogged mind
 
I see -
one of those rare days
where I glide
through life’s medium,
inured to the passing of time

Copyright © Eloise Drake | Year Posted 2022

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Flick

a deep chill delving
straight to bone
 
fragmented shadows become
full figures -
long and lithe,
strange and bulbous,
ever-morphing
and haunting the night
 
flick a light to be rid of 
these monsters

Copyright © Eloise Drake | Year Posted 2022


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