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Land of Our Wounded Souls

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Hear me
Feel the touch of my voice
Like wind against your skin
Feel it melt into your ears
As butter into warm bread.

I'm with you now,
In the land of our wounded souls
Where Romulus and Remus suckle
And Pomona tends to her garden so gingerly.

This is where your footfall sounds like rain drops
On parched earth
Your memories whisper of love
Lost-dissolved.

You will drink no more of shame
The tide of abandonment no longer washes over you
Kiss me now, sweet and loving,
The curse is lifted.

You are free.
I've got an idea for a story in which some guy, heartbroken and on his last twenty bucks, wanders into a mysterious wood and comes across a dryad. The dryad, also a victim of endless heartbreak throughout her life, sympathizes with him and takes him to her realm where she recites this spell, taking from the guy all his love so that he never needs to feel that pain again, and so that she can cherish the feeling. In the end he leaves, and she finds herself longing for him for all eternity. Sappy shit, really, but as I might get it published I'm not going to post it here.

Lemme know if you think the spell needs some patching up or total reworking.
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laurotica's avatar
Write more poetry.

Also, I'm very intrigued about the piece this will be a part of.  I'll be keeping my eyes open for it.