Mar 2023
as kingdoms have been erected
and as empires have crumbled
not once
did proposals
such declarations from the heart
become more important
than the quiet pleas
of the soul
cradling itself
within the etches of time and callused palms
waiting permission
asking
if they may give themselves to the other
in the only form it knows
and as empires have crumbled
not once
did proposals
such declarations from the heart
become more important
than the quiet pleas
of the soul
cradling itself
within the etches of time and callused palms
waiting permission
asking
if they may give themselves to the other
in the only form it knows
"I have come to claim you." he told her.
but he,
he gave her his soul, gnarled and jaded
for her to hold
and do with as she wished
and that, was the echoes of acknowledgement everyone so hungrily lusts after
but he,
he gave her his soul, gnarled and jaded
for her to hold
and do with as she wished
and that, was the echoes of acknowledgement everyone so hungrily lusts after
