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Lament II
L.C. Woodbury
i. when you hold her,
you are holding
the strongest fragile thing
the seas have ever
tried and failed
to drown.
this is not
a love
for those
who do not know
what it means
to suffer.
ii. when you are almost
too late
to save her,
you will want
to tell her
how the sea
whispers her name
back to you
the same way a god
repeats
a sinner’s prayers
for salvation.
iii. when you see her weep
for the first time,
you will remember
why your sisters told you
to drown her
while you
still could.
you will understand
why the fates laugh
at the folly
of lovers.