Conversations in The Dark

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monochromatic photographs
and shimmering midnight dress

she was a jewel among stones
but instead she was scorned

then came a stud
who saw her stood

all alone by the corner
he came with the look of a coroner

"what does a rare jewel like you doing in a place where only darkness live?"
he asked

"because the light was too much for me."
she said with a straight face

it was clear to him
that she was beyond broken inside
but he stayed
and she was grateful

- doe