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| Golden Mourning was created as part of a Writing Workshop in Second Life. The prompt was this picture from Debra Kelly Makeup Pinterest page. Golden Mourning by Stephanie Mesler The sun invades too early, changing sterile white to blinding gold. My own pale hands, yellowed in this light -- The spot next to me vacant a year to the day, loss ferments in my gut, so much virulent anguish. How to commemorate the day that dares to start with saffron glory when it should have been the day the world ends? I have prepared to face this day assuming it would rain, that the sky would be black with clouds and the streets filled with dirty water. But here I stand, looking out the window toward the hill where you are buried, naked except for this unnatural auric glaze. © 2021 Stephanie Mesler |
It reads well and the sentiment is mournful.
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