Stella Halliwell

Twisted leaf falling
disintegrated faith,
in the echoes calling
stars fading in your wake.
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Failing me the words doth keep my lips
Cloaking all tenderness dwelling deep
Reverie claws from the realms of listless
Dearest wake me not from sleep
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Bequeath thy name to a reverent heart
Solicit fair games; cast thy favour
Bow to the last of roses
Petals curled and bloodless, still,
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Of late
Sunlight seems to kiss, intently
the naked branches of trees
drowning bark
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If I should sleep
And never stir
Holly crown my head
Gown me in a robe of blue
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Yield your lips to mine
So my heart may soar
Into the inky sky
To shine as the brightest star
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Shadows athwart the glassy veil
Polished shards grasp at light
Deception winds through tireless bowers
Spectres of the wood slip by
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In the sobriety of a winters eve
I rested ‘neath a bare browed oak
My body fell to lucid dreams
Whence a voice called to me
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Luscious flora in my dreaming
Quivers gently in the light
Thick leaves the long stems adorning
Waltz a myriad of voices bright
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O’ rose so beautiful
So forsaken and yet
Filling all the world
Each fine petal laden
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