She stands

Silently

Arm outstretched

Hands together, open

Gently cradling It.

She waits.

It glistens and pulses

alive

Red-brown fibers of love

her essence

once protected

now exposed.

She waits.

One walks by

looking at It

and laughing.

It bleeds

and she caresses it

keeping it alive

hands still outstretched.

She waits.

One walks by

looks at It

and takes It as his own.

he uses It

draining the blood from It.

he tosses It away.

discarded trash.

She picks It up

cleans It

nourishes It until It throbs again.

She waits.

Arms outstretched,

palms open

she guards It now

sharing Its pain

feeling Its gentle throb

of life

hope.

She waits.

One comes by

He walks around

studying It closely

noting the scars

the jagged pieces that were torn away

the dullness caused by the laughter.

He reaches out to touch It

gentle

patient.

It waits.

He stands still

reaches inside himself

then holds arms outstretched

palms open

holding It out to hers,

mismatched pair

scarred separately.

They wait.

Arms outstretched

toward each other

drawn together until

the pieces touch

pounding in perfect rhythm

each healing the wounds in the other

becoming whole.

It heals.


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