tokens - tanka suite

the smoke of incense,
hiding in its’ lacy core
memories of dust,
crushes softly within it
the tired strings of my heart…

i can now fathom
why the devil abhors it…
the pain dwelling there
is the tassel of his fall…
and so it is to myself…

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ju
my favourite incense is curling in the air around me as i read this- love the gentle flow of words images.
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