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Tiny Moments

Author: Gillian Shiels

The war waged,
Beyond our boundaries,
Condensing hours.
In stillness
Of separate gardens,
We stain our mouths with strawberries;
Feel dappled light dance on skin;
Observe thrumming tendrils;
Allow ammonites of thought
To uncurl.
And be.
And be.
And be.