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A Distance Too Far

What starfire can touch

By Iris ObscuraPublished 10 months ago • 1 min read
Art by Iris Obscura on DeviantArt

Hottest thing alive,

Star. Too far to warm my hands.

Yet keeps hope afire.

Haiku

About the Creator

Iris Obscura

I am many women. I am Iris.

Polite, sane, restrained? No. None of that.

Entropy at 3 am. Dead things stirring in your mind’s eye. Raking through your inner beauty to find something it hasn’t prettied up.

Maybe those.

Sometimes tender.

Read on.

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    Written by Iris Obscura