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If

If I had woken up earlier, maybe would I have finally been
able to shy away from the perpetual resurgence of blinding
beams. Maybe could I have caught the fleeting, bittersweet
fruit of our nights with the shimmering thread of time,
before its loyal and flamboyant acolyte arrived to replace it,
much to my regret. If I had woken up earlier, then and only
then, would I have had the time and leisure to go wander

around the Eden that subsists between the worlds. Under
the taunting caresses of the lonely, twinkling constellations,
I would have pampered the whimsical flowers of off-
handedness. And perhaps, in that moment, I would have
found you, source of all my dreams.

Beside the glorious rose adorned with dew drops, I would
have found you to the effigy of the most beautiful of flowers.
I could have once again quenched my soul’s thirst with the

beauty of your traits; run my fingers through the silky web
of you long, flaxen hair; cradled your weary hands, abused
by your torments, in the depths of my being. In my tears, I
could have rediscovered the eyes of the one who had once
entranced me. I would have embraced you, thorns and
all, and together we would have picked the fruit of your
hopes... Surely, that could have happened if the relentless

rise of time had not shackled me with fear, day after day. But
maybe tomorrow, will I finally wake up early, earlier, early
enough.

Clara Kaysal

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