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the wounds we hide

By Maia Gadwall the metAlchemistPublished 3 months ago 1 min read
ooze
Photo by Fer Troulik on Unsplash

slivers

of the mirror

slip

under my skin

with your words

so sharp

so quick

it almost doesn't hurt

in fact

relief

as pain and pressure

release

flow

like blood

like tears

washing away

the rot

from these

festering wounds

of the soul

sad poetry

About the Creator

Maia Gadwall the metAlchemist

I fell in love with speculative fiction and poetry many years ago, but I have precious little time to write any. Then, I went crazy and started a cult called metAlchemy, or meta alchemy. I revere energy of all brands, esp. good, kind chaos.

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