You’re beautiful when broken
Like shafts of light spilling
Unkempt between intercepting
Branches, unsparingly empathic
In the recognition of a shared
Condition, always a Buddha,
Only occasionally a tyrant
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Roots catching hold of the clouds
When upended, resilient in the
Wake of tragedy, as if the sole
Beneficiary of Pandora’s box
I know the world reinvented in
The presence of your smile, in
My own ellipse as it struggles
To encompass your belief
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Elbow deep extracting the air
From my prolapsed lungs like
An artificial respirator you breath
New life. Of your lotus heart you
Selflessly give and of mine you
Demand no recompense
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