Aurora Magazine 2011

Golden Smoke Tooria Poore, Campus 2013

Golden smoke drifted through a perception Of lavender and blue A frail wind caused a ripple upon the green ocean And carried with it A scent of sweet nectar Peace rested within An incomplete and surrounding silence As droplets of light began to seep through Onto a satin shroud Washed indigo; Now softly shimmering Flooding the darkness with pale light Euphoria rode in on a shooting star To dance with a juvenile June To a song which was of her very essence So beautifully hypnotizing And in that incomplete and surrounding silence June slipped away Moonbeams fell as steady as rain Staining the green ocean silver

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