Caliginous Salted Caramel

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Golden caramel hide,
Sweet is the warmth of darkness.
And so I stayed, decoding,
reliving old timelines of peculiar origin,
mirages, so impossible to meet.
Releasing tears of tension built up, 
in salt cold contrast.

From the bitter pit, an exhale,
halo of vanilla and red waves.
Flourishing in nameless peace,
from the weight of nausea petals,
wariness of given fate.

For a moment, lost in fragments,
disintegrating into dust,
and regaining whole, for morning.
The presence of avowal in the act.

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Artwork by Pat Shewchuk and Marek Colek in Tin can forest

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