Marmalade lips

Marmalade glazed lips kissed a biscuit

i was sitting in the kitchen, gawking at visions

reading wrinkles for nuances, I'd missed it

ripples cast by praying too late, echoing on my skull wall prison

oh the deluge of impuissance, when I could not nullify decisions

regrets tore my body like a rapture in a moment past, too late

salty teardrops released all my ugly premonitions

my pleading on stars, died as snow fluffs fell, volcanic ashes ruptured eight

escalating into teddy shreds and bursting the fairytale floodgate

Momma sat in a worn out rocking chair on solitary Christmas

i was in a strangers kitchen, while she sat gawking at visions

relics rippled all her wrinkled faults, she had missed it

ramifications of praying too late, echoing inside her skull wall prison

oh the aquatic ravaging of insides when she couldn't nullify decisions

requiem of regret struck her spirit but her moment passed, late

salt sozzled teardrops cascaded like waterfalls into watered visions

yet her daughter shone like flowers bloomed in ashes twisting fate

on distant planets she built castles and all her shooting stars flew straight

underneath sable skies, marmalade glossed lips whispered, don't weep, fly

Written December 12, 2020

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