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3/2/2015

 
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and then I too,
(halfway across the ocean and sinking),
recalled that day
(the one we spent entirely alone -
dark room lit 
singularly by a lantern in the corner 
misty clouds through window seeped).

​and then I too,
saw for once
what you always said existed
somewhere beyond the stormy sea -
an island.

and then I too,
(one day would find it),
- memory jarred 
as I crashed the sinking vessel
on those rocky shores.

and then I too,
at the first sandy expanse
stuck in a pole
upon which fluttered
my white flag.

and then I too,​

{ original pieces by Chelsea }


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