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You are

a crest of brittle, foaming sea,

a wave that crashes over me;

divided with uncertainty,

You fight yourself so mirthlessly.

 

no burden to my heart, you see,

Your smile causes it to bleed

and pulse and beat, in quickening,

a rhythmic lift so heavenly.

 

an ocean where the neurons breathe,

and sifting me so perfectly,

like sands across the jagged reefs,

bending back, and cleansing, me.

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Written by
christopher-tolleson
American
Published
Feb 1, 2013
Lines·Words
12·66
Notes

Edited 6/26/15:

L3: "splitting" changed to "divided"

L4, 6: I also changed some capitalization to create some thematic clarity, since the title is like a universal prefix for almost all of the lines.

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