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Great Expectations
Out of the shadows she crawls
Clutching that old photograph
Of Him
Like a security blanket
She has become
The old victimized woman
In Great Expectations
A woman scorned
A trauma
Too extreme
She could not recover from it
The damage
Put on her
Was far
Too great
A fragile heart
From the very start
Was left broken
Beyond repair
Her life
Ceased living after that
The clock stopped
Nothing mattered
Nothing happened
Allowing only moments
Of melancholy
To show any signs
Of a life still inside
The worn photograph
Is the only comfort she receives
As she continues
Her daily and nightly
Succession of prayers
Always the same
To find peace
Relief
To join Him
In the eternal sleep
© SN 2024
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