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Macchu Pichu

Rebecca Shepard

slabs of rock
like shards of plates
protect what is yet to fall.

we must remember in daylight
to never hold on too tight
because that which is sacred
is that which will suffocate
if not
broken.

we must share every particle
of ourselves
knowing
there will never be an end.

we must love as possessively
as the space between shadow.

we must worship the rock
that hearts are built upon.

I used to imagine
the trees on the mountainside
were soldiers
spilling over.
invading.
now they look like tears.

I used to think
the key to love was sacrifice.
now I think
it’s surrender.

I want to know
the holy parts of anger
to dissect
like taking apart religion.

I want to caress the face
of the earth
with my index finger
like it was the sunken valley
of your eyes
the night
I knew you would
leave.

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