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Night Shade

Beautiful moments

By Katrina ThornleyPublished 3 years ago 1 min read
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Your poison was so beautiful I took a bite, and relished in the taste of defeat.

Despite warnings and signs I strove

To turn the poison to healing,

Taking flowers and stem

Soft petals and pungent oils

To the heat in hopes

Of conjuring the power

Of my foremothers.

But poison is poison.

Your delicate colors

And thin stemmed love

Were a ruse

To turn angelic thoughts

To devil play things

And crumble a castle

Thought unbreakable.

Dust to dust, I crumble in your

Night Shade.

-Katrina Thornley

Did you enjoy this poem? My poetry collection, Arcadians: Lullaby in Nature, was recently published.

Find more writing info on Instagram, @seekatwrite

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About the Creator

Katrina Thornley

Rhode Island based author and poetess with a love for nature and the written word. Works currently available include Arcadians: Lullaby in Nature, Arcadians: Wooden Mystics, 26 Brentwood Avenue & Other Tales, and Kings of Millburrow.

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