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129 · Aug 2024
4. Awakened - 3am
Lyla Aug 2024
4. Awakened - 3am
Lying in my bed
Petrichor through my window
Awakened by you
#haiku #love #longing #sleeplessness
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128 · Aug 2024
Fireflies
Lyla Aug 2024
Fireflies
When you said to me
“Fireflies in my bedroom”
You meant “Stay with me”
The wall cracked at two am
Though it has not crumbled yet
The wall is still there, but its mortar loosens every day...
#tanka #fireflies #wall #love
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121 · Aug 2024
Threnodies - La Brea
Lyla Aug 2024
Threnodies - La Brea
Insistent plucking
clutching, smothering darkness
Grasping at my soul
Begging me to come inside
And stay long after I die
#tanka
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116 · Aug 2024
Missing You
Lyla Aug 2024
Missing You
Pinprick from a thorn
I press until my finger
produces rubies
#haiku #longing
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