i want to

. live

my life

as brazen

as the hyacinth

on my windowsill.

.

.

boldly

she has

left behind the time,

when

.

.

. all

. she

. knew

. was darkness.

.

.

and

knowing

that all that she is,

is an evanescent breath,

.

.

she

gives herself

unashamedly, to life.

.

.

—unashamed.

.

.

© Liezel Graham 2019.

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.

Photograph by Emel Ceren.