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Crystallene

a Poem by soma

in the be-tween i am weak—
counting seconds,months in weight.

every shadow claims a space,
(i am drawn often in by
the taste of your breath,
where a touch your lips
fold eternity in my chest)

calls the same
whalesongs
and cicadas.

how a fool i’ve been
to think i would bury you
beneath the diaphany,

when all you do to me
is glow.