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Amy Callery

The Bones of My Grief

The pit of my stomach

Relentlessly thirsts

For requited love returned.

I carry these bones

Like bricks upon thrones.

Though the weight bears heavy

I don’t want them to be burned.

I tried to break free

Grief brought responsibility.

What it came here to teach me

I thought I had already learned.

Perhaps these bones are exeunt from their thrones

And they wander deep beneath me.

The pit in my stomach growls to be filled

But this sacred earth is earned.

I need to home the bones of my grief

To quench the thirst within me.

I have searched far and wide.

I was not satisfied.

Your stone remains unturned...

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