CRAFTED AND COILED


    Don’t you know that hiding


    leads to colors like the pale


    petal next door, preening in


    her sameness. Carefully crafted


    and coiled, infused with the right


    Stolen from Royal Road, this story should be reported if encountered on Amazon.


    balance of summer pink and winter’s


    shaved white.


    Unfurl something sharp and crisp


    like the tips and claws of sun’s dusk,


    eyes closed—it’s not about the look,


    but the feel, pouring into the wisps of


    night air and star shadow.


    You are more than the fleeting flash


    of something others call beautiful.