in onyx

what she believed in onyx 
is broadcast now in clay
in sentiments and sediments 
that shouldn’t be that way

though beautiful in onyx 
she wears a hobble skirt
of memories and afterthoughts
and drawings in
the dirt

Author: Beleaguered Servant

Owen "Beleaguered" Servant (a/k/a Sibelius Russell) writes poetry mostly, with an occasional pause to have a seizure.

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