Dreaming into the Night

So tired,
I let sleep
Draw me
In its Dark
Embrace
Drunk with Dew
With Skylight Tears
And see
The Rose
Shed its skin
Revealing the
Truth
Beneath its thorns
And there the
Raven crows.

poem by Angelica Dela Cruz
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A Flower for April in June

As I was
slipping down
those stony roads,
this red April
flower
caught my eye.
It stood apart
like a general
among the army
flowers.
I looked again and thought,
Red was not accurate.
It was more
crimson.
Like blossom blood.
A speck drowned
in green.
Bathed in
golden noon,
this red April

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poem by Angelica Dela Cruz
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