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In
that dream, I had all day and more
in the
lavender field, sunlight speckling
my
arms, my legs, the straw hat sheltering my face.
It was
one I'd never worn before,
but
you were there, sunny, honeyed
and
yellowing all my purple darkness,
as it
always should have been.
This was written for De's dVerse Meeting the Bar: the Sevenling. I was unable to post it in time so I'll be linking it to dVerse OLN.