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Fractured Light

A Reflection on Memory and Loss

By S. MarcusPublished 7 months ago 1 min read
Fractured Light
Photo by Alexey Demidov on Unsplash

Light breaks in water, soft and slow,

memories stir; an undertow—

the sun slips down through fractured glass,

its gold turned gray, then ghost, then past.

Each ripple bends a forgotten truth,

a prism reaping shards of youth;

what once was whole now drifts apart—

a scattered ache across my heart.

Light breaks slowly, and so do I,

beneath this silent, drowning sky.

Refractions hide reflection's pain—

what once was clear does not remain.

Mental Health

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S. Marcus

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