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The Young Maiden
Always present. Speaking her truth.
The young maiden vanquished in a body long past its prime,
longs to have her time.
Bravely she climbs out from behind the veils and shadows of grief,
the anchors of survival, leaving behind the betrayal of the Gods of Love.
The sanctions and barriers of society rise urging her back
into the haven created years ago.
Pictures and letters hang like Spanish moss over her heart.
Memories and dreams flutter through her mind.
All nurtured and fed to medicate the pain of loss and loneliness.
Ventures out met with perceived rejection and failure.
After decades lived in conformity
she now finds the refuge she built no longer viable.
Voices of the past hold on attempting to seduce her to
familiar aloneness again.
But the call of her heart is too strong, and she ponders
Is the wonder possible even now?
Is the promise still available?
Could the Gods allow lightening to strike twice?
