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The Wicked and the Fair

There is good and bad in everything.

By Jillian SpiridonPublished 3 years ago 1 min read
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The Wicked and the Fair
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the light and the shadow, mingling,

tell a story older than bones, than dirt,

of how the world spins on its axis

and triumphs despite futility in motion

the mother beckons her children close

and recites old lullabies her own mother

whispered by midnight starfall gleaming

the father pretends to live a life worn

by the cracks on his hands, the ache

in his back, heart crumbling bit by bit

and the children themselves, girls,

find themselves in the forest paths

and the whispers of the trees above

but in those weeping places, each one

bearing its weight of tales long untold,

power rises and falls, like breath in sleep

the myths and fairy tales alone speak

of sins and saints alike, good and evil—

yet the words are only a fraction of truth

born from millennia past, tainted by man

the mother leaves her earthly plane,

and the father not long after, their girls

alone in strange lands so unlike the ones

they left behind in better, easier days

the one sister falls in love, swift and sure,

while the other makes deals with devils

and they drift apart like stones crumbling

and it is only when they walk by the graves,

their hands joined as if they’d never part,

do they talk of what they’ve lost and learned

the younger says, “I’m good and happy,”

while the older nods along, lies in her eyes,

and the earth below keeps spinning, no end

in sight, knowledge quaking awake at last

surreal poetry
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About the Creator

Jillian Spiridon

just another writer with too many cats

twitter: @jillianspiridon

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