Aurora Magazine 2017

It seems impossible Because the air is warm and soothing around me I feel sorrow for the statue that I do not understand How miserable and cold it must feel inside I can’t shake this feeling Although I know that the stone man is not like me It cannot feel cold Or warmth Or pain Despite my logic Overwhelmed with the need to comfort this object before me I lift it from the treasure box My heart begins to waver I need to fill the statue with my warmth And end its cold and misery I wrap my arms around so tightly And the stone man begins to crack and break I feel a wave of sorrow As it crumbles to the ground My arms feel empty in the void that’s now there I cannot stop my tears from coming As I look down at my feet All around me there is nothing left of the stone man There is nothing left but dust

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