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you are my ritual

burning gently—

By Leigh Victoria Phan, MS, MFAPublished 4 days ago 1 min read

the softest crackling;

my dawn companion's fire

I will burn like you.

Illustrations Courtesy of Okalinichenko

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About the Creator

Leigh Victoria Phan, MS, MFA

Writer, bookworm, sci-fi space cadet, and coffee+tea fanatic living in Brooklyn. I have an MS in Integrated Design & Media and an MFA in Fiction from NYU. I share poetry on Instagram as @SleeplessAuthoress.

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