Soul Deprived

Photo by Robin Rolder

Incandescence--
veiled by dust,
a halo ringed circumference.

Mirrored slate--
the hot steams gust,
and Heaven meets the walk in spate.

What lies behind
the tapping thrust
of drops still set in swollen eyes?
No shelter, shoulder, 
nor moonlit cusp
​gives comfort to a soul deprived.
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