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by reminiscent-afterthought

Even if they scattered about nonsensically, they collected on the same net.

214. Her Smiling Face

A/N: Written for the Character Diversity Boot Camp, #034 – light (Xenophilius), and the Freeverse Prompts Challenge, #027 – language of love.

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A Larger Poetry Collection
214. Her Smiling Face

She was his light:
the only reason he was still alive
right now, living,
standing in the sun

Instead of shrivelling up in the dark
like a man who'd lost his only love
because he still had her: his shining daughter
still smiling, and he had to preserve her smile
forever: she was his light, his beacon
to the world, the only reason he lived
he couldn't lose.